[Bluestein]

> with the generative art that accompanies the article.

About that, I also noticed.-

Has anybody looked into how the lowering of the "illustration threshold" for visualizing ideas might influence how many, or which, or how hard it might be to bring them to reality? Or securing investment?

I am almost certain it is having some influence.-

[le-mark]

There’s a long history of users and consumers having unrealistic ideas of technology true capabilities. How many times have we encountered users who think poor quality images can be computer “enhanced” to show detail that’s not really there, because countless murder mystery movies and tv shows do exactly that?

The blurred line between fantasy/hallucinations and reality will only become worse, I fear.

[Bluestein]

True. At some point, the illustration of the thing becomes the thing.-

PS. I am fond of "confabulation" meself, for AI-generated slush.-