Well, we have to look at what is the output of different areas of art. If their output is an image, a video, a text, a music (captured in digital format), then AI impacts it more than other art forms. Take sculpture, for instance, or any form of art that requires the manipulation of objects and tools. A few days ago I was talking to my niece and she told me about the increased interest in porcelain among young people. Cooking is another area that is gaining a boost from the menaces of AI. You can't fake a nice meal with help from AI, or can you?
Exactly. I completely agree with that statement and way of thinking. While AI is very effective on scaling repeatable things and canned content, it gracefully fails in the authenticity and originality. That's a limitation imposed by how the LLM works. They are just a massive and very effective system trained with huge amounts of information that are capable of providing an output based on what it knows and what it has indexed.
Great analogy with the cooking, porcelain pottery crafting, and everything manual, including film photography, of course.
I think we're going to see this "scarcity through difficulty" principle reshape entire industries. Even in cooking: while meal kits and AI recipe generators make decent food accessible to everyone, the chefs who still break down whole animals and ferment their own ingredients are commanding higher prices than ever.
The 'AI overdose' you mentioned is so real. I'm already seeing clients specifically requesting 'no AI' in their briefs. It's becoming the new 'organic' label. Thanks for expanding the thinking, as this could be a whole series of posts!
Thank you, Walmir! Really appreciate that. Are you seeing similar shifts in your field? I'm curious if this pattern is emerging beyond just photography and into other creative disciplines.
Well, we have to look at what is the output of different areas of art. If their output is an image, a video, a text, a music (captured in digital format), then AI impacts it more than other art forms. Take sculpture, for instance, or any form of art that requires the manipulation of objects and tools. A few days ago I was talking to my niece and she told me about the increased interest in porcelain among young people. Cooking is another area that is gaining a boost from the menaces of AI. You can't fake a nice meal with help from AI, or can you?
Exactly. I completely agree with that statement and way of thinking. While AI is very effective on scaling repeatable things and canned content, it gracefully fails in the authenticity and originality. That's a limitation imposed by how the LLM works. They are just a massive and very effective system trained with huge amounts of information that are capable of providing an output based on what it knows and what it has indexed.
Great analogy with the cooking, porcelain pottery crafting, and everything manual, including film photography, of course.
That's a nice insight!
I really think this makes so much sense!
And I would expand this way of thinking to so many other things...
Everything that is unique will gain more value once everyone has the power to do ordinary things with AI.
It’ll create an overdose of AI stuff everywhere, making it so cheap and ordinary that no one will care about it anymore.
Let’s hope this becomes reality.
I think we're going to see this "scarcity through difficulty" principle reshape entire industries. Even in cooking: while meal kits and AI recipe generators make decent food accessible to everyone, the chefs who still break down whole animals and ferment their own ingredients are commanding higher prices than ever.
The 'AI overdose' you mentioned is so real. I'm already seeing clients specifically requesting 'no AI' in their briefs. It's becoming the new 'organic' label. Thanks for expanding the thinking, as this could be a whole series of posts!
Great insight! You’ve hit the nail in the head, congrats!
Thank you, Walmir! Really appreciate that. Are you seeing similar shifts in your field? I'm curious if this pattern is emerging beyond just photography and into other creative disciplines.