As an artist, I think it is a net negative for us. Disregarding the copyright issue, I think it’s also consolidating power into large corporations, going to kill learning fundamental skills (rip next generation of artists), and turn the profession into a low skill minimum wage job. Artists that spent years learning and perfecting their skills will be worth nothing and I think it’s a pretty depressing future for us. Anways thoughts?
I agree, the potential of this technology is constrained by the society that uses it. And under capitalism, that means it’ll be converted into a tool for worker exploitation. There are so many possibilities for AI art but we all know that what’s really gonna happen is that artists will have to compete for work with robots now ):