[VBprogrammer]

I wondered if we were suffering from a collective blind spot where, for example, an outsider looking at copilot might decide that it's revolutionary for writing code where, in practice, I don't know anyone using it in anger.

On the other hand artists are amazingly adept at leveraging new technology, mediums and techniques to create art so it's probably less surprising if they jump at Stable Diffusion in a lot of corners of the industry.

[qqqwerty]

Almost certainly, in the near term, these tools are going to make folks a little more productive and will not be replacing anyones job. Every digital product, whether it be SAAS software, games, or whatever, is heavily constrained by labor availability. Show me one product that was feature complete and exactly matched the scope and scale of the original vision, and I will show you 100's that needed to prioritize features and downsize scope in order to deliver in a timely manner.

And FWIW, I think these tools are still a little too limited to replace even a single person. They might make someone slightly more productive, but the modern stack for both programmers and digital artists is many levels deep. Automating any one of those levels is not sufficient to replace a human. You would need to automate every slice of the stack, plus the work required to stitch those slices together.