Will AI kill art
Art is a superpower all humans hold. Using it and choosing to use it for good is a decision made by the individual. I’ve met many people who share my view of art. I love it, and creating something through your own mind is one of the healthiest things you can do for yourself. The people who love art know how much it helps them to create, and how much it helps the people who observe their creations.
Humans have been making art since the earliest stages of our species, and we still do it today. Creating something new from your own mind is a complex and deeply human process. I believe it can make you a more abstract thinker and more aware of yourself and the world around you.
Recently, I’ve heard many people say they’re scared that human-made art and even art careers won’t exist in the near future because of the rapid rise of AI. AI is becoming extremely good at generating all kinds of art, from music to images, in a matter of seconds. But there are issues here that many people don’t see. For example, AI often uses existing people’s faces from the internet to design the images it’s trained to create. That brings up huge consent issues. For all you know, your face might go viral in an AI-generated picture without you ever knowing.
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Another point to consider is how AI might affect our cognitive abilities. If you use AI for every question from a young age, your brain gets used to being fed all the answers. You might stop learning how to find answers yourself. This could weaken your critical thinking, memory, and problem-solving skills.
I also hate seeing people place all their trust in AI and assume everything it says is the honest truth. Sure, most of the time it’s accurate but not always. AI models like ChatGPT gather information by analyzing the most popular answers available. Often those popular answers are right, but when they aren’t, AI can’t always tell the difference. That means it can give you wrong information with confidence. And when people make popular AI-generated YouTube videos or TikToks using that false information, it can trigger a vicious cycle of misinformation.
So yes I understand why people are scared of AI taking over the art industry. And honestly, you should be. But I’m not scared. Because the feeling of creating something born from your own mind is unlike anything else. It’s one of the best feelings I’ve ever experienced. The same goes for attending a live concert, watching a performer, or visiting an art gallery. These are human experiences and ones people remember, talk about, and pass down.
Even if AI did take over every artistic industry than me and all the others who love creating would still be here. Because I believe that art is more for the creator than the observer. Humans are meant to be artists. We see this in the earliest cave paintings, and we still see it today. As long as there are people, there will be art. Art only dies when the artist dies.
