I’m worried about the future of art.  If most, or all, forms of art are taken over by A.I. then humanity will lose something.  I mean the publicly shared stuff too.  Many people don’t try to make art as it is because there’s no money in it.  That number will grow because people will grow up not realizing humans can do or be allowed to create such things.  Is this fairly extreme?  Yes, but it isn’t impossible.  Companies and those who care ONLY about money will see A.I. as a way to make art without a pesky artist in the way.  Nobody asking for royalties, fighting over adaptations, or any number of ‘challenges’ a human artist would create for a money-focused being.

The pendulum can always swing back afterwards, but I doubt it would be in my lifetime if it gets this far.  People will have to no longer want A.I. art, but that could be an issue if that’s all there is. Keep in mind that art is what we use to relax.  If we aren’t creating it then we’re absorbing it.  To give up on A.I. art when it is all we are given would mean an entire generation would have to sacrifice multiple forms of relaxation.  That doesn’t seem possible to me, especially since art can be a major tool to handling mental illness.  So, a disaster could feasibly occur.

To be clear, this is if a person has an A.I. do everything with no human influence over the work.  I remember seeing articles about A.I. actors. Why wouldn’t the same be done to authors, painters, directors, clothing designers, cartoonists, and everyone?  We talk a lot about a slippery slope in various situations, but this is one that I find to be much more believable than those.  There are no rules and restrictions on A.I. usage right now.  If the wealthy who can use this to make more money don’t want those things then they aren’t going to be created.  That means those of us who want to do art as a side gig or get into it as a main job will be in trouble.  How does a human compete with an A.I. in terms of speed of production and cost effectiveness?

That’s my opinion.  Here are other questions, which I guess puts it at 6 instead of 3:

1. What do you think humanity would lose if it only has A.I. art?
2. What restrictions would you put on A.I. to make sure humans can still make it as artists?
3. How do you think a generation would be if they grew up being taught that only A.I. can make art?