Will AI Replace Artists? How to Succeed in the Art World Today?

AI won an art contest, generated stylish portraits, and replaced writers and illustrators in news media… Is AI art going to replace artists? Besides getting furious about AI, what should artists do to survive and thrive in the age of artificial intelligence? Christine (founder of Beacon Gallery) and I will discuss this matter.

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01:41 Digital vs Analog Artist
04:57 Training the Artist
06:04 The Making Process
09:52 Artist as Brand
11:22 Art Skills
13:29 The Soul of Art
14:34 Human vs AI
18:21 Becoming an Artist
22:24 Future with AI Art
27:39 Copyrighting AI Art
32:36 Artist as Curator
34:32 Accessing AI Tools
39:20 Human Creativity
42:23 New Art Trend
44:12 AI Artist in Gallery
50:27 Making it in Art
55:03 Advice to Young Artists
56:30 Month Talk

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[SteveSchaps]

Students that copy paintings are not violating copyright law unless they sign it as their own and sell it for profit. Anyone who sells AI art owes all of the artists that the AI scraped.

[JustinThorntonArt]

The idea that an artist learning from old masters is the same thing as AI scraping the internet for images is morally the same is a terrible argument. One is a human learning the way humans have always learned. The other is a business using the expertise of artists without consent to make money without compensation to the artist software used to get its skills.

We can’t treat software as human. It isn’t.

If they want to train this software they need to get permission.

Also this won’t have a financial impact on fine art. Fine art is increasingly about intent. That is still a human thing even if they use ai as a tool.

The commercial art space, illustration and graphic design will be greatly effected by this. A good art director will be able to do the work of ten freelancers. So it’s a bad time to be in the commercial art space.

[bambootube]

Such a great conversation that touched so many aspects of AI art! As a digital artist, I've recently begun delving into AI art as a tool to inspire and refine my creations. I believe it will become part of the artistic process one day regardless of the medium used.

[misswomble]

In the future, the conceptual ideas and emotive expression of the idea behind the art will drive the art market, and artists will have to get their values in check and find their voice, what is the message of the art. Programing the ai correctly to achieve a clear vision or even speak to the concept of a ai randomly generated aesthetic to fit an artists intent. I see it as a tool, like google images, it's the refinement of the aesthetic, the politics of those aesthetic, the concept, and so on that the conversation around the art will generate and with that the artists ability to own the message in the art. When the art is used to bring some kind of message or a set of values in an emotive and inspiring way, then maybe art will have more power to shape our futures through the art that reaches and inspires people, ai art on its own will be viewed as too overdone, but as a starting place its where we bring it as artists that will count going forward. It's already here, so we need to consider where we personally stand with it in regards to our own practice.

[bonniegardner]

This is a great, thought-provoking video! Thank you putting this out! I don't see AI as putting me out of work. I was a former illustrator in Manhattan for many years so I do feel that AI will greatly impact that field. It's more cost-effective to have AI do the work than to hire an illustrator given that multiple images can be had quite readily, giving a client much more options..
I have gone from the field of illustration into fine art. People will always want hand-painted art and even though I'm doing art by hand which will take much longer than AI generated art, there is a satisfaction in doing things by hand. This goes for people who don't really have any art skills to speak of but absolutely love paint parties. If someone likes the art enough, they will purchase an image in print form. They are not going to care if it was created by AI or by hand.
It just seems to me that AI is going to make things a lot easier in so many fields and as you mention, with much less 'rigor'. My one real concern is that the brain will be less challenged with technology but I guess that is already happening.

[martinmurphyart]

The issue with AI is that in order to create the image it needs to be trained on someone’s existing art. AI mines online work to build the resulting image. That pisses artists off. It does this so well it puts artists out of work. It does this so well non artists can use AI programs to create art from an artist’s work without them knowing. That is the issue. It’s a moral issue. Most of this chat focuses on art and technology which might be a different conversation.

[JennyFloravitaArt]

Your gallerist is spot on with everything she said. No need for painters, sculptors, glass blowers, artists making functional art, etc...to be concerned. Digital/graphic designers, yes...this group could be thinned out.

I have zero concerns about AI...and I know it won't be fabricating and making/packing and shipping (my painted glass chandeliers) anytime soon.

My question is: will this trend discourage digital artists and illustrators from trying?? When I was in college, I was told not to bother becoming a graphic designer because 'computers' would be doing all the work. Nearly 30 years later... Glad I didn't listen to my art professors (who never sold any art anyway...but that's another topic). We have to learn to adapt and work with new technology without fear. Those that have what it takes to make it as professional artists always rise to the top. Those that don't...can always art art for fun.

[lizamable]

Experience and information are different.

[notyourtypicalpainter]

Great video, it was a thing I have been thinking about lately! Speaking of changing business models, I feel like NFTs will take a big chunk of the art market in the future as people having "original" digital images in a way people buy prints and be portable too! Imagine being at a cafe or a party and a few people showing off their NFTs that they own!

BUT originals will always have a place among the true collectors!

[Sharperthanu]

"Art" was already "over" back in 1979 ("art" being "over" is called "The fall of the modernist paradigm"). It was made official by the work of Sherri Levine and her photographic reappropriations.

[BarKeegan]

Before the emergence of AI generators, I struggled with the fact that there were so many artists online producing similar types of work to me; we are all inspired by similar things. So the question has always been, how do you stand out

[tapiorinne]

Not yet, although the first impression gives the impression that now everything is changing. It can create some great pictures, really great - but random. If you want the image to have certain content in a certain way, creating it requires control similar to digital image production. However, it is an excellent tool for that job. AI images are still small, quite small - not compare to real world art.

A visible part of AI art is its ability to combine styles, that's what it seems to be good at. And yes, now everything is changing.

[rodcameron]

Great conversation, Mo. Very interesting!

[rycoryco]

Excellent interview. Intriguing - important - information to consider.

[anifes.]

Thanks ladies!!! Great as always 😃
Can you make video on NFT? I'm an emerging artist and get a lot of messages on Instagram to buy as NFT... Good to hear your thoughts
Thx

[NikoleMcDonaldJonesSpooni]

They're training...but not making MONEY OF IT!! They're not selling their training. Companoes who use AI are MAKING MONEY.

[revolverdolls]

Wow, very interesting talk. Thank you!!!

[shadowseer]

Ai scraping data is not the same artistic process of being inspired by other artists or using references, and if people can’t see that then we’ve really lost the plot.

[Sharperthanu]

This is why now, for the most part, we have "reactionary art practices"(rehash).

[doppelhelixes]

as long as an AI can't glue s banana to a wall, real artist don't need to worry