I've been noticing a change in myself and how I'm taking things in. I wanted to write about this at some point but still busy trying to figure it out.
With so many AI generated images flooding my view, they're becoming part of what I will describe for now as, the background.
We've been in several homes and buildings for instance and many have wallpaper designs for instance. Design could be stunning, but I don't feel stunned, it's just there, as I'm busy paying attention to other things.
My eyes are flooded with AI generated images and I'm merely glancing. There's no real reason to look close. And why spend time picking up on the finer details or attempt to interpret something then share your thoughts, when there's nobody to share it with.
I can't say as how I have ever felt really "knocked out" by anything AI created. I have come across a few things that were "quite interesting," but that's about the extent of it. I've come across a few things that were "pretty good" that were perhaps AI at the base, but then were — for lack of a better term — "blinged out" by human creativity to make it better.
For the most part, I am not that interested.
But I am interested in the impact AI might have on the way we interpret what we're looking at, and the extent to which we value — or not — artistic endeavors.
I create. Some of that stuff makes people think I'm crazy (and I've heard worse lol). That takes skill. They're thinking about the artist just as much as the art. Much of that is lost with AI. I think that human connection is vital.
Some artforms require and endless stream of menial tasks and AI can speed things up, then the end result is directed and produced by so-and-so. Still a way to connect there.
So much guesswork though. This shit came on fast. Hard to process the impact or where it might lead.
It did all happen incredibly fast. Which often seems to be the case with technology; it comes in and changes a paradigm much faster than we "evolve" to parse and process it.
For me, art is a form of communication. Whereas it may be "early days" yet, I feel like a good bit gets lost in translation when something is created by automation.
I suppose I'm a bit of an adherent to the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi; there's perfection in the IMperfect.
We weren't there to see it, but portrait painters absolutely hated photographers.
At least there are lessons from history. I don't want to be those people.
I also enjoy being a little closer to the action, compared to most people. Got a head start in the thinking department. Just being on this platform alone, surrounded by so much innovation and information along with leads to more. Ahead of the curve, yes, but it's a sharp one.