I just can't see every site banning AI art. As long as there's a demand for a place to post AI art there will be places where that happens. I can't say how much it will impact beginner prices, but I'm 100% sure that the world isn't going to stop developing or investing in this technology because it makes artists upset.
You're right about one thing though, economics are a massive driver in results. If human art became cheaper than AI art I'd put my money on human art, but I don't think human artists want to work for less than AI does.
I'm not saying this means artists will never work again. Clearly many will, but I'll bet more than ever it will be only the most talented and creative who can make any money doing it and that it's very likely that most of the artists who make money today primarily due to websites like DeviantArt and furaffinity are going to lose most of that income.
I don't think artists will ever stop doing what they do even if their work ever did become commercially worthless. I don't think artists can stop themselves from doing it, even it just continues to give training data for AI that will out compete them. Their will be more art than ever for humans, but less of it than ever will be made by humans.
I am pretty pessimistic about all this to be honest. My main hope is that people will come to see all this as kind of tacky, and/or that there will be some reconsideration of what "fair use" means that renders existing work in this realm illegal.
Artists need to eat too, if our audience stops paying for our work because this shit is good enough for their needs then we are not going to afford to spend all day making art any more. Unless someone can wave a wand and provide basic income to everyone and I sure do not see that happening in the capitalist hell of the US economy any more.
I just can't see every site banning AI art. As long as there's a demand for a place to post AI art there will be places where that happens. I can't say how much it will impact beginner prices, but I'm 100% sure that the world isn't going to stop developing or investing in this technology because it makes artists upset.
You're right about one thing though, economics are a massive driver in results. If human art became cheaper than AI art I'd put my money on human art, but I don't think human artists want to work for less than AI does.
I'm not saying this means artists will never work again. Clearly many will, but I'll bet more than ever it will be only the most talented and creative who can make any money doing it and that it's very likely that most of the artists who make money today primarily due to websites like DeviantArt and furaffinity are going to lose most of that income.
I don't think artists will ever stop doing what they do even if their work ever did become commercially worthless. I don't think artists can stop themselves from doing it, even it just continues to give training data for AI that will out compete them. Their will be more art than ever for humans, but less of it than ever will be made by humans.