I think this goes back to short vs long-term thinking. Even if we expect a linear curve of progress, which is pretty pessimistic, I don't think any position could be considered "safe from replacement" in 10 years' time. we have already seen the early stages of generated 3d models, tileable textures, and now even code. It…
This sounds about right to me. I mean even before AI art this is how I largely design my own 3d characters. just find a few things that I like and mix together. put a little bit of my own twist on it. I mean, everything that anybody could possibly imagine has already been designed a billion different ways, why should I…
i agree its just one small facet of the larger race to the bottom we are all stuck in. thats what i was talking about earlier in the thread. but sadly people tend to only care about things once it effects them directly. an artist has their job threatened and suddenly culture is doomed. but when countless others before went…
Whatever their attempts or solutions they seem to care about money so go after their profits and that is how this situation gets corrected quickly, if some "gov" is attempting to "hear" "the people", then voice that, if they are using materials from living artists, those living artists should be compensated automatically…
I would argue illustrators may have it the worst out of all those who want to be independent artists and specifically those who do digital illustration. Thats an area the AI can easily replicate and to be fair....there already wasn't much of any monetary value in it anyhow even before the AI came along. Those who did…
Remember the "Make Art" button? Ironic, huh..? :D I´m mostly writing here to express my support for the people protesting against AI. Unlike many others I don´t share the optimistic point of view on Artstation though. I don´t think that a platform that behaves like this is reformable and I do believe that there should be…
I've seen controversies in American voice acting a few times where characters who were PoC were voiced by white people. In recent years, there's been efforts to replace those VAs with people matching the ethnicity of their characters, or at least closer than some random white person. That's not something I really agree…
How much time do we have left to have the real possibility of earning income and being able to continue working in CGI, video games, design, and any other trade where the creative process of 2D/3D/texturing is involved? I have discovered some tools that frighten me and add to the list of things that threaten our work and…
Recruiting shouldn't be affected, save for having to deal with applicants that don't understand that prompting an AI to make art isn't equal to actually knowing how to make digital art. Anyone with half a brain wouldn't apply for a concept art position if all they knew was prompting. Its possible that they might still get…
I can provide more insight on this business model, since I was with EA during its development. So for a game like FC 24 or rather the entirely of EA sports as a model, the whole development process is based on asset automation, clean up, revision and curation. EA works heavily with outsourcers and asset repurposing is…