[TheOtherHobbes]

We do not value things made by humans.

Hand-made anything tends to be a Veblen good, which means it's there to signal status, which means it's expensive.

But expensive doesn't work in mass-media. So a hand-drawn anime isn't going to be more profitable than an AI-animated one.

As for education - possibly, but this is the end of a process that started with digitalisation. I'm a huge fan of hand-drawn pre-Illustrator graphic design, especially 1960s-80s. I think it has a liveliness and freshness that post-Adobe design is missing.

But I'm not the usual audience, almost no trained designers can hand-draw lettering today, and neither the industry nor buyers/consumers seem to care.

Likely the same thing will happen with AI. It will just become the new normal, with skills to match.

[chickensong]

> We do not value things made by humans.

There are plenty of people who do. A minority perhaps, but your absolute statement is wrong.

> Hand-made anything tends to be a Veblen good, which means it's there to signal status, which means it's expensive.

Many people don't give a shit about status signaling, but do care about supporting people and their craft. Some folks have a a niche making something by hand, but far removed from the concept of Veblen goods.

The world isn't as flat as you're making it out to be.

[bluefirebrand]

> We do not value things made by humans. Hand-made anything tends to be a Veblen good, which means it's there to signal status, which means it's expensive.

I read this as we do value things made by humans, we just don't incentivize the mass market to prioritize handmade things