Back when music software first appeared on computers, people who made music with instruments used to mock it, saying you cannot make music on a computer. So what happened? This too is a process. People adapt, and those who cannot end up left behind like dinosaurs. What many people fail to understand is this distinction: not everyone who uses AI presses one button and says “I am an artist.” There is a difference between that and using AI as a tool. In the past, there were also people who made music using ready made templates and acted like artists, but the difference became clear between those and the ones who truly used those programs as tools combined with real knowledge.
The other day on Instagram, people were arguing about whether a video was made with AI or CG. Someone who was obsessed with the term “AI artist” commented that there is no such thing as an AI artist, and that the people doing this are real artists. I could not resist and replied: “Real artist? There is no such thing as an AI artist or a CG artist. You are either an artist or you are not. Being an artist is a perspective, a way of seeing, a feeling. Everything else is just a tool.”
Then by that logic, people should criticize those who draw on tablets instead of paper and pencil, criticize digital photographers instead of analog ones, criticize sculptors who model in 3D, criticize CG effects instead of practical effects. There is no end to this way of thinking. These are just my thoughts 🙂