Comment by isege
9 days ago
It's interesting that I'm only seeing this kind of anti-ai tendency only in American/Western art circles. Anywhere else in Middle East/Asia, artists are having fun experimenting with it.
9 days ago
It's interesting that I'm only seeing this kind of anti-ai tendency only in American/Western art circles. Anywhere else in Middle East/Asia, artists are having fun experimenting with it.
> I'm only seeing this kind of anti-ai tendency only in American/Western art circles
Hmm, how would we measure and confirm this hypothesis?
It's been polled.
> First reported in the 2023 AI Index, significant regional differences in AI optimism persist. A large majority believe AI-powered products and services offer more benefits than drawbacks in countries like China (83%), Indonesia (80%), and Thailand (77%). In contrast, only a minority share this view in Canada (40%), the United States (39%), and the Netherlands (36%).
Source: https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report/publi...
The US is a massively white-collar and services-based economy. Writing emails and making phonecalls is very susceptible to AI disruption.
https://data.bls.gov/projections/nationalMatrix?queryParams=...
The top 2 by percentage are:
- Office and administrative support occupations
- Sales and related occupations
anecdotally, I have noticed the same thing. The most affluent people are afraid of the moat being bridged methinks.
Investing in a skill for a craft isn't a moat.
Anyone can pick up a pencil and practice for hours a day! You can look out a window for inspiration! There is no "gatekeeping" art, only people upset it doesn't come as easily to them as B2B SAAS and confusing real effort and introspection as "gatekeeping".
The AI art people were so happy to rub it in artists face, that finally, without effort or appreciation, they no longer had to pay the skilled person for an image.
Respectfully, agree to disagree. If you had to spend time and effort to learn something, and now you can do something that "meets economic requirements" in a 30 second prompt, the moat to your income is gone.
Companies and consumers don't give a damn about how much hard work went into an art piece typically. Sorry to say.
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