[gnicholas]

Could a webform be used to ask the questions that you ask (based on a very large decision tree, of course), and then either (1) format the results in a way that AI can generate an appropriate image, or (2) have a human look at the results and in 4 minutes use AI to generate an appropriate image?

Do you think that people in your line of work, or adjacent lines of work, will use AI to offload brainstorming or to get inspiration?

My guess (as a complete outsider) is that the skill of drawing will remain important, but that there will emerge a new skill: an AI translator, who serves as a midwife for the creation of AI art.

[vanadium1st]

Many services like that already exist - at this moment they are using stock images. Once AI generated images become as good and predictable as stock images - I have no doubt that the services will switch to them.

But, stock images have existed for many years. They are considerably cheaper than custom work, are as professional looking and are available immediately. Sounds like an absolute game changer, but in reality the market for custom design work didn't die.

I am not sure that I understand all of the reasons why people pay extra for custom design work in a world where automated stock services exist. Some of my guesses are

- People don't trust their visual taste and want a trusted human to make those decisions for them

- Discovery problem. People are simply unaware of such services and their benefits

- People are willing to pay premium for the knowledge that their design has a human author.

- Last mile problem. Even if the image looks 99% like what you want, you might still need a guy to save it / fix it / crop it / format it because you don't know how to do it yourself.

I am sure that there are more factors. And even if AI images will bridge the quality gap to human-made stock images, all of this will still apply to them. Many services and technologies have been trying to solve those problems for many years. AI will add to that process, but I don't see a reason for a dramatic change in the near future.

[nextaccountic]

> - Last mile problem. Even if the image looks 99% like what you want, you might still need a guy to save it / fix it / crop it / format it because you don't know how to do it yourself.

That's the next step for AI generation. The AI image will be almost what you want but you will hire someone to fix it

[gnicholas]

I could imagine a service that creates logos/designs via an interactive process that lets the user/customer resize various elements, change colors/shapes along the way. This would be sort of similar to the way you can use AI tools to infill different parts of images.

[reb]

Bingo. Artists have a new creative tool with new constraints, tricks, and prerequisite skills. I think the idea it'll destroy other forms of art (and art-derived commerce) is an unlikely one since it can be used to fuel many of the creative arts that currently exist, but I suppose we'll find out soon enough.

[NoToP]

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