Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
If the person who asked why so many people hate artists is not just exhibiting understandable paranoia---I have a theory. It's because artistic talent is not teachable or learnable, it's something some people are just born with, like some people are born with good looks. And the haters are people who don't have that talent, and wish they did, and are jealous of talented artists. In the past they may have hid this, because in their line of work they needed artists--but now they think they can just use AI instead, so they're free to let the animosity show. This does not mean that MOST people hate artists. I think most people admire good artists--but those in a line of work that depends on artwork may be people who aspired to be artists themselves, but turned out not to have what it takes.
If the person who asked why so many people hate artists is not just exhibiting understandable paranoia---I have a theory. It's because artistic talent is not teachable or learnable, it's something some people are just born with, like some people are born with good looks. And the haters are people who don't have that talent, and wish they did, and are jealous of talented artists. In the past they may have hid this, because in their line of work they needed artists--but now they think they can just use AI instead, so they're free to let the animosity show. This does not mean that MOST people hate artists. I think most people admire good artists--but those in a line of work that depends on artwork may be people who aspired to be artists themselves, but turned out not to have what it takes.