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Yet, living in a cheap place &landing a couple commissions can pay your expenses, one could say that real talent doesn't need to work that much to make ends meet. But for the daily stuff, do u hire a cheap/low talent person, or do u AI?

AI took a lot of jobs off the market, and it makes sense. At the same time other doors opened up. But now the artist and their work is becoming scarce, rare; doors open. Even with this independent Hive gig, demand for my work exists.

That's one of the things that dazzles me the most when it comes to real talent and value for money for daily stuff. An SEO writer can charge up to 500 bucks a piece, a real artist can charge thousands for a commission.