Was watching this latest Arch video where he compares the 'April O'Neil' that was in the latest TMNT property compared to a black April O'Neil he put together with AI. TLDR; the AI despite a few faults still made her hot and look capable in each compared to the frumpy troll the film got.
We know some of this is ideological that they want to lower the standards of beauty, but with AI becoming easier and easier to use that boomers are starting to use it, why pay for over compensated, lazy, unskilled vurtue signalling artists currently striking than just use a machine and then edit it a bit with 1 artist or AI again if it makes a third arm?
I honestly think AI is going to not really hit the blue collar jobs and heavy industry since if something goes wrong you need a human that can adapt to either fix it or turn it off to limit further damage. The service industry will be case by case like if there's been too much of an issue getting staff or with the staff there if it's more beneficial to turn it into a giant vending machine. But the one that I think will be obliterated in the west will be the Media industry, when all they do is repost each others works like a giant human centipede, why pay them when you can just get an AI to write it for a few dollars and it takes minutes not hours and doesn't require giant office's just a computer.
Entertainment is worse as I fundamentally believe we can easily have a lot of films that have the same CGI as the Final Fantasy film for cheaper than it would take to use actors nowadays. Just make sure you get a seperate AI to make the script good. We'll still get your Top Gun Mavericks, your John Wick or even your Sound of Freedoms as they appeal to customers but by large, I can see the bulk of western media being replaced with CGI in the next 2-3 years than a decade.
I don’t see this affecting Asian, Indian or even Eastern European media as much since they are still appealing to a customer base than preaching. I do think at the end of the current strikes, we are going to see a massive reduction in physical studio spaces and 'celebrity' actors and a rise in machine made Entertainment.
Here's a question in return. Will you consume AI product?
AI is the next big technological "leap forward." Problem is these advances have generally been bad for society. We didn't see the evils of social media coming, but the writing is on the wall for AI content. I'm not going to bat for the current generation of creatives, but what replaces them could be worse. The truth of the matter is that the Luddites were right, and it's time to consider if rejecting certain new things is a good idea.
I think there's going to be lots of effort to disguise AI content. The same way you used to screw in one bolt on your widget at the local distribution center and call it Made in America
Depends on who the "creative director" is and what kind of quality their results tend to yield.
I'm less inclined to bother with any AI products being spat out by large media corporations. They've already proven how shitty they are with actual people doing the work, and they're liable to only put more effort into propagandized products when they don't have workers balking at their idiotic suggestions.
There's some creative products I frankly don't know how confidently I'd enjoy if it was produced by AI. Namely, novels and possibly music. Good novels are too condensed with so many concepts and ideas with such intricate detail that are developed over time that AI will certainly have trouble truly duplicating. Yes, AI can emulate style, technique, tone, and themes very well, but there's a certain personal touch from a good author that is difficult to simulate.
IE, how the various experiences in an author's personal life have influenced and changed how they look at the world. Their understanding of the human condition, human interaction, trial and error, challenges, fears, hopes, and dreams. Etc etc.