alt Hacker NewsI think there's a good parallel with AI images - generating pictures has gotten ridiculously easy and simple, yet producing art that is meaningful or wanted by anyone has gotten only mildly easier.
Despire the explosion of AI art, the amount of meaningful art in the world is increased only by a tiny amount.
But the amount of pleasing useful art has gone up x1000; If I had a blog, I would now have access to art that would be a perfect fit for my words, whereas 5 years ago, I would have to do with a my own (talent-lacking) doodles.
Would some people prefer no art/illustration to AI generated art? Sure. But even more would prefer no art to my doodles.