I was told AI art would never replace traditional drawing. 5 years later I'm not so sure.

My old art teacher back in 2019 told me AI stuff was just a gimmick and real artists had nothing to worry about. I agreed with her back then because the early stuff looked like melted Play-Doh. Fast forward to last month and I saw a Midjourney piece at a local gallery in Portland that fooled everyone until the artist admitted it. It won a prize and everything. Now I'm wondering if that advice was more about keeping students from getting discouraged than actual truth. Has anyone else had a teacher or mentor give advice on AI that turned out wrong?

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felix_jones13d agoProlific Poster

Man thats crazy because I've been noticing the same pattern everywhere not just in art. Look at how people use GPS now versus like 10 years ago everyone said you'd always need to know how to read a map but now half my friends can't navigate a parking lot without Google telling them. The thing is humans are really bad at predicting what new tech will do we always underestimate it at first and then swing way too far the other way later. I don't think drawing is gonna die or anything but pretending AI isn't already changing the game is just ignoring reality. That story about the gallery win is wild though shows you how fast the line keeps moving.

dylan_green5813d ago

Have you actually tried drawing from life or doing studies since AI got big? I still think there's something different about making marks on a page that no prompt can copy, even if the end result looks similar.