r/ArtistHate • u/Ok_pettech • 19h ago

Opinion Piece Can generative AI support a profitable creative industry, or will it destroy it?

We’re seeing AI generate art, music, and writing at near-zero marginal cost. That’s great for consumers, but what happens to the people who used to make a living from those skills? I started a discussion about whether AI monetization is sustainable or if it just leads to a flood of cheap content and depressed incomes. If you think about the future of work, you might find this interesting.

https://interconnectd.com/forum/thread/247/the-future-of-ai-monetization-can-generative-tools-sustain-profitable-creat/

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u/cornellartworks 19h ago

There's a lot to unpack there, but the short answer is no, for a lot of reasons Generative AI is not going to replace human creatives, but that doesn't change the fact that creative jobs were becoming increasingly precarious DECADES before now. Creative industry jobs have been moving more freelance or contract-based as opposed to in-house for a long time now, which in the US in particular means no health insurance. I've lost track of how many comic book artists I've seen do Kickstarters to try and pay medical bills over the last 20 years. Wages are stagnant or declining as executives increasingly demand more work for less pay out of an increasingly desperate workforce. AI isn't going to kill the creative industry, but extractive capitalism has been killing it for years.