RE: https://mastodon.social/@glyph/117596943324220655I don't know what to think reading about ever more artists (esp. th...

RE: https://mastodon.social/@glyph/117596943324220655I don't know what to think reading about ever more artists (esp. those with algorithmic/generative focus, but not only) proudly writing essays expressing equivalent sentiments as quoted below, essentially stating "now I can purely focus on art direction" or "I can finally produce all my artistic ideas, incl. those I didn't have the skills or time for previously", all without having to deal with any implementation details or understanding how any of that stuff works...I guess everyone is a "yellow pages artist" now (a term coined 20 years ago by Miltos Manetas), outsourcing & delegating every aspect of art making other than the top-level concept/direction, a practice which previously was only reserved for rich artists employing hordes of underpaid and uncredited labor. AI-driven artists are just following in the footsteps of this old practice...I've worked with several people like that way before AI arrived and even though they always...