The problem is, there is no brakes on this train.
It used to be photography was precious, and people spent a day getting prepared for a photo shoot.
Today, people snap 1000s of selfies of everything in their life.
I like that i can review what i captured almost immediately, and not waste film on the garbage.
But it has really changed what photographs mean.
Same now with AI "pictures"
The AI is really limited, but if you want that thing to put at the top of your blog, it will just spit out something passable, and probably "pretty"
But it won't do dinosaurs. Or anything but standard aliens.
And it will never do anything original.
Now, most people that i know who are artists, have a scratch they need to itch. And all the tools that can be given to them, AI is quite powerful
I have thought of using it for anime character backgrounds
But, even with AI, these artist friends will make art.
It is in their make up to make art.
The thing is, few people actually like art. They like Thomas Kinkade.
Truer words were never said! When we had the galleries, we'd often have people stop in with fabric swatches from their couch or curtains, because they were looking for art to "match." In fact, they were never looking for art, they were looking for decoration. And I guess many will think that AI creates precisely that "adequate" kind of decoration.
I'm certainly not a total naysayer when it comes to AI... it will definitely have its useful applications.
Personally, I will continue to create, because I feel compelled to express what I am seeing in my mind's eye. Sadly, I expect those creations may end up having less and less value in the commercial sense, ultimately pushing art in the direction of being more like a personal journal than something to be shared with a potential audience and/or a commercial motive.