[baandang]

It is not true at all. I have already seen more new styles since summer from Stable Diffusion than in the last 20 years of going to art galleries.

Every artist has their influences. If they come up with something new it is from a unique combination of their influences. Stable Diffusion makes this literally trivial.

[throwaway1851]

A big difference is that a good artist does this in a meaningful way, creating novelty in a way that triggers a specific emotional impact or conveys a message. With generative AI, it’s all statistical sampling with any “meaning” inferred after the fact. But I do believe AI will be invaluable in helping artists explore idea space and refine their vision.

[0x457]

I think you just discovered that art galleries either show art by dead artists (can't be a new style) or zombie formalism. I haven't seen anything groundbreaking new by Stable Diffusion or DALL-E. Well, sometimes it produced funny images because it doesn't understand what it's actually "painting".