Why Be An Artist When There's AI? - Draftsmen S4E01

A lot of things in the art world have changed since the last time Marshall and I talked, perhaps nothing more so than AI art. More and more artists are wondering what this emerging technology means for them. That’s why, in this episode, Marshall and I will catch up and discuss the current landscape of AI art, its ethics, and potential uses. Btw, the same day that we recorded this episode, Steven Zapata released a video about his thoughts that has been passed around widely. His video instantly made our episode outdated! As you listen to this, keep in mind, at that point we had not yet heard Steven's message -    • The End of Art: An Argument Against Image AIs  

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Revisiting AI
2:05 - Nobody cared, until now.
4:08 - Drawing Basics Course Launch
7:38 - What's the point of drawing by hand if a machine can do it?
10:56 - How can a professional artist compete with AI?
12:18 - Dave McKean
14:30 - Recent Progression and the work of Kirsten Zirngibl
16:31 - Ethical considerations
22:08 - Using artists’ names in prompts
26:45 - What is the difference between art parents influencing human minds and AI?
32:34 - Art of the Prompt
35:28 - Potential Benefit to Non-Visual Artists
38:10 - Flipping the Hypothetical
42:16 - What paradigm should we use to talk about AI art going forward?
44:26 - Stan’s AI experiences and projects
51:43 - Is AI art?
55:17 - Will AI learn taste and be able to make decisions based on that?
58:17 - A prediction
1:00:38 - What other professions will be impacted by AI?
1:03:24 - The future and growing pains
1:08:43 - Humans still want content made by other humans
1:14:35 - Don’t hide behind your art. Be a personality.

SHOW LINKS (some contain affiliate links):

Podcasting Voice Generator - descript.com
Disco Diffusion - http://discodiffusion.com/
Stable Diffusion - https://stability.ai/blog/stable-diff...
Midjourney - https://www.midjourney.com/home/
Dave McKean - https://www.davemckean.com/
Interview -    • DAVE McKEAN - Interview: AI Image-making a...  
Kirsten Zirngibl - https://www.kirstenzirngibl.com/
Kirsten’s presentation - https://2022.lightboxexpo.com/guest/k...
Karla Ortiz - http://www.karlaortizart.com/
AI Spectrum from Kirsten’s presentation - https://static.proko.com/media/images...
Dorian Iten - https://www.dorian-iten.com/
Art Parents episode - https://proko.com/330
CS Lewis - The Abolition of Man (book) - https://amzn.to/3UaBqfs
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein - https://amzn.to/3zukecE
Perspective Box episode - https://proko.com/369
AI Kim Jung Gi - https://restofworld.org/2022/ai-backl...
Artwork mentioned - https://www.proko.com/692

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CREDITS:

Hosts - Stan Prokopenko (http://www.stanprokopenko.com), Marshall Vandruff (http://www.marshallart.com/)
Production Assistance - Alex Otis (  / alexotisillustration  , Charlie Nicholson (  / shloogorgh  , Ellie Polk (  / the.mccartski  )
Editing - Charlie Nicholson
Intro Animation - Cody Shank (http://codyshank.com/)
Intro Jingle - Tommy Rush (  / tommyrush  )
Music Used with Permission Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra