[akiselev]

> On the other hand, I would say that traditional mediums (especially large format paintings) are relatively safe from AI generation/automation - for now.

Why do you think that? I think large format paintings might be in just as much danger.

There’s a large industry of talented artists in China, Vietnam, etc who copy famous artworks by hand for very low prices. They’re easily accessible online: you upload an image and provide some stylistic details and the artist does the hard work of turning the image into brush strokes. It’s not “automated” but I’ve already ordered one 4’x2’ AI generated painting in acrylic relief for less than the cost of a 1’x1’ from a local community gallery. I put in quite a bit of work inpainting the image to get what I want but it would have been completely impossible to get what I want even six months ago.

I’ve only ever purchased half a dozen artworks in my life and they were all under a few hundred bucks but with this new tech, it just doesn’t make sense to buy an artists’ original work unless it’s for charity. The AI can do the creative work the way I want and there are plenty of artists who are excellent at the mechanical translation (which still requires a lot of creativity, mind)

[bombcar]

You don't even have to go to China - I had a very nice painting painted from a photograph for a friend done by another friend's mom who just like painting landscapes.

It looked great and all I had to do was pay for supplies, which was still less than the cost of the framing.

[_manifold]

I didn't know there was an industry for that, I guess I should have figured. I might look into that for my own purposes. Although for what it's worth when I said "large format paintings" in my mind I was thinking very large paintings - like Picassos's Guernica - larger than something the average person would have hanging in their home. To the point that the cost of producing it and transporting it is large enough that a buyer is more likely to take personal interest in the artist and much less likely to knowingly purchase something AI-generated or otherwise automatically produced.

[_carbyau_]

That is simply a version of the GPs "artists who are excellent at the mechanical translation".

Want someone to paint the ceiling in your mega mansion? Sure.

But now the creative bit can be done by you - or your 8 year old - if you like.