Shutterstock, one of the leading stock image companies on the internet, announced it was partnering with OpenAI to launch a new tool that would integrate the generative-AI DALL-E 2 into its online marketplace. Microsoft will launch a similar took in the next few months. Some think that the AI image generators will allow more people to engage in the creative process “without tedious tasks and enable them to focus on ideation and creative thinking.”
https://www.fastcompany.com/90816817/generative-ai-tools-are-rocking-creativity-the-way-napster-shook-up-music
Lets put aside the fact that learning the tedious part of any profession instils a discipline that helps build creativity. AI’s must be instructed by ingesting large amounts of sample products, Who will create the new styles of art if AI image generators make the creation of art commercially nonviable.
I tend to believe Shelley Palmer who thinks this technology will displace thousands of creative workers in the worst way possible.
“AI will not only replace these workers; it will eliminate the training grounds”
https://www.shellypalmer.com/2022/10/adobe-says-ai-will-not-replace-artists/
Wired has a predictably optimistic take on the topic. (And predictably brushes aside the concerns of artists who make a living creating art. Apparently the input of any one artist in training an AI is negligible, but at the same time artist in the future will compete to be on teams training AIs)
https://www.wired.com/story/picture-limitless-creativity-ai-image-generators/
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/29/1063736/human-creators-stand-to-benefit-as-ai-rewrites-the-rules-of-content-creation/
We will just have to wait and see.