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?
It’s getting very competent, but I think it’ll be a long time before it can replace humans for complex art jobs.
It’s for the same reason AI assistants like Alexa or Siri can’t yet replace an actual personal assistant: lack of agency, lack of understanding, lack of gumption.
It appears to be threatening to become one of those instances where technology is moving forward too fast for society to adapt to it responsibly, but I think it’s going to hit a wall soon, and it’ll hopefully slow down long enough for us to find a way forward.