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[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

But then we wouldn't have to pay real artists for real art anymore, and we could finally just let them starve to death!

[–] Hackworth@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

In film school (25 years ago), there was a lot of discussion around whether or not commerce was antithetical to art. I think it’s pretty clear now that it is. As commercial media leans more on AI, I hope the silver lining will be a modern Renaissance of art as (meaningful but unprofitable) creative expression.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

If your motives are profit, you can draw furry porn or get a real job.

[–] Hackworth@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Eh, I've made a decent living making commercials and corpo stuff. But not for lack of trying to get paid for art. For all the money I made working on ~50 short films and a handful of features, I could maybe buy dinner. Just like in the music industry, distributors pocket most of the profit.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Art seems like a side hussle or a hobby not a main job. I can't think of a faster way to hate your own passion.

I wanted to work as a programmer but getting a degree tought me I'm too poor to do it as a job as I need 6 more papers and to know the language for longer than it existed to even interview to earn the grind. Having fun building a stupid side project to bother my friends though.

[–] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Exactly. I can code and make a simple game app. If it gets some downloads, maybe pulls in a little money, I'm happy. But I'm not gonna produce endless mtx and ad-infested shovelware to make shareholders and investors happy. I also own a 3D printer. I've done a few projects with it and I was happy to do them, I've even taken commissions to model and print some things, but it's not my main job as there's no way I could afford to sit at home and just print things out all month.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 4 points 6 days ago

My only side hussle worthy skill is fixing computers and I rather swallow a hot soldering iron than meet a stranger and get money involved.

[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Strangely, that is a lot of who is complaining. It was a Faustian bargin: draw furry porn and earn money but never be allowed to use your art in a professional sense ever again.

Then AI art came and replaced them, so it became loose-loose.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 2 points 6 days ago

I don't know where else you could find enough work to sustain yourself other than furry porn and hentai before Ai. Post Ai, even that is gone.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Issue is, that 8 hours people spend in "real" jobs are a big hindrance, and could be spent on doing the art instead, and most of those ghouls now want us to do overtime for the very basics. Worst case scenario, it'll be a creativity drought, with idea guys taking up the place of real artists by using generative AI. Best case scenario is AI boom totally collapsing, all commercial models become expensive to use. Seeing where the next Trump administration will take us, it's second gilded age + heavy censorship + potential deregulation around AI.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

You are overexaggerating under assumption that there will exist social and economic system based on greed and death threats, which sounds very unreali-- Right, capitalism.