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gaudiocomplex t1_j63gxkg wrote

I think yes, you can forget about a reliable source of income. The downward economic force this thing will have on the writing and visual art communities will make jobs scarce and pay shit. But there will still be ways to reapply these skills indirectly. Physical artists might have the last bastion of hope given how much robotics are lagging compared to the language models. Ultimately though, no job is safe.

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TheTomatoBoy9 t1_j63s7u0 wrote

The only caveat to that is that the art/media industries will still need artists in the loop to direct the projects or vet the products made by AI. The industry will simply need less of them.

The commission market that isn't based on reputation will also likely fall.

The "no job is safe" is true, but it will take some time and truly never fully materialize until something like AGI and post scarcity. So not anytime soon

Now none of that should discourage someone from making art for themselves.

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