I've seen some videos completely AI generated that looked flawless yesterday. Every day I feel more and more uncertain I'll ever find a job again in the industry.

[–] Xel@mujico.org 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's funny how in most old scifi they showed a future where we as a society had AI working labor intensive jobs but art was a human-only activity. I guess we didn't account for how bad capitalism was going to overpower our value.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think artists like Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock have done a lot to preserve the humanity of art. For Andy, he would never need an AI to generate a soup can. Even if he did it's Andys commentary and perspective that is coveted. The same is true of the most intricate paintings or sculptures and their creators. Jackson showed us the act of making art is just as interesting as the art itself. An AI could pop out a million abstract pieces that looked exactly like a Pollock but... it will never be a Pollock. AI is no more a threat to art and the people who make art than the camera was.

[–] XEAL@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As of now, here is no humanoid AI robot replacing manual labor, just trained AI software/tools/APIs that run on computers and perform some specific and somewhat complex tasks.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As of now, here is no humanoid AI robot replacing manual labor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

The movement that attacked machines because it was replacing manual labour is from 1811

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_automation_infrastructure

The first image's caption is : Robots doing heavy lifting work that was previously done by human worker

[–] XEAL@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let me put it big letters the part that you missed:

humanoid AI

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

So for it to fit your description, the social changes impacting technology have to clock into work like a dinosaur from the Flintstones, and look like Rosie from the Jetsons, otherwise, automation of manual labor has no impact on society and social dynamics

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

You mean the generated anime scene stuff? Those DO use sketch frames made by a real artist who then uses AI to combine t he em into animation!

AI may be a crapshoot but it loves being given physical guidance. Don't tell it to draw a person, sketch a person and then tell the AI to turn that into a person.

Basic photoshop skills do work wonders. The better you are at art, the happier the AI will be to co-operate.

(Source: I do earn a small amount helping fix AI generated art and frequently get asked to doodle up base material)

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

No, I don't think I've seen that one unless it's the corridor crew one, which to be fair still had a ton of work- but, no traditional animation though.

I mean photorealistic stuff. And while it's still not exactly at the same level of quality a studio can produce, the rate at which it's progressing is jawdropping. It's already rough getting an artistic job at a studio; in five years from now I'd be surprised if those jobs aren't at least halved thanks to AI. Because as you said, AI cooperates really well.