Commentary: Beware a world where artists are replaced by robots. It’s starting now
Like many artists, I’ve looked in horror at generative image AI, a technology that is poised to eliminate humans from the field of illustration. In minutes or hours, apps such as Stable Diffusion and Midjourney can churn out polished, detailed images based on text prompts — and they do it for a few dollars or for free. They are faster and cheaper than any human can be, and while their images ...
by Molly Crabapple, Los Angeles Times
Dec 23, 2022
3 minutes
Like many artists, I’ve looked in horror at generative image AI, a technology that is poised to eliminate humans from the field of illustration.
In minutes or hours, apps such as Stable Diffusion and Midjourney can churn out polished, detailed images based on text prompts — and they do it for a few dollars or for free. They are faster and cheaper than any human can be, and while their images still have problems — a certain soullessness, perhaps, an excess
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