How AI will affect Creative Professionals?

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...will AI displace them entirely, partially or minimally?


Here's a partial list of some Creative Professionals who may be affected to some degree or another by AI:

1. Graphic Designers
2. VFX/Special Effects Artists
3. 2D/3D animators
4. Illustrators/Painters/Muralists
5. Sculptors
6. Videographers/Filmmakers
7. Creative Writers
8. Technical Writers
9. Computer Programmers
10. Web Designers
11. Draftsmen
12. Architects
13. Interior Designers
14. Landscape Designers
15. Stagecraft/Theatrical Designers
16. Costume Designers
17. Fashion Designers
18. Jewelry Designers/Gemoligists
19. Industrial Designers
20. Musicians/composers
21. Audio Technicians/Producers/Artists
22. Actors/Performance Artists
23. Fashion Models
24. Makeup Artists/Cosmeticians
25. Hairdressers

...maybe you can add to the list or comment on those listed & how you think AI will affect them.
 
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they thought Graphic Designers would be the last ones to be affected.
here's my view on it...
🔸=less affected fields

🔸5. Sculptors
🔸12. Architects
🔸23. Fashion Models
🔸24. Makeup Artists/Cosmeticians
🔸25. Hairdressers

the question is when of course.
the taxi industry will be gone quite soon.

if you are 50+ then it is not much of a problem.
not that fun for the younger ones,
someone in my family jumped out of Graphic Design, mid-course, because of Ai

...will AI displace them entirely,
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it could.

 
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Thanks for your input @erikals
I was hoping others would comment as well.
Understanding how AI will impact these occupations is a good coping mechanism in order to deal with it.
 
erikals said:
they thought Graphic Designers would be the last ones to be affected.
here's my view on it...
🔸=less affected fields

🔸5. Sculptors
🔸12. Architects
🔸23. Fashion Models
🔸24. Makeup Artists/Cosmeticians
🔸25. Hairdressers
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...architects as well could be replaced by AI through ultra efficient software which would put many of them out of work since a good chunk of them are glorified draftsmen. Their best hope is to develop hands on skills such as carpentry or other trades, incorporate them in their work & offer design as something part of the package they'd offer.

Interior Designers are somewhat similar in that regard. They'd also be forced to become more like General Contractors or become muralists, interior decorators where machines can't do the work or staging specialists to set up film/video shoots.

Landscape Architects would also be impacted but they could also double as horticultralists/garden designers and landscape workers. As you're probably aware, gardening and yardwork needs a lot of manual dexterity which a robot no matter how advanced, could easily accommodate.

As for the graphic designers, VFX artists and 2D/3D animators, I'd say their best bet is to acquire videography/photography skills & offer design as an extra/part of the package. Because with live video shoots a human presence is necessary. Plus there's a lot of manual dexterity involved in setting up video, lighting, moving equipment and arranging live shoots. I don't think it'd be that easy for a robot to set them up or completely replace humans in that regard. Robots/drones shooting the bride/groom at weddings? Not likely.

In a nutshell, these professions could still be viable tho they'd have to consolidate their skills. And there'd likely be a need for fewer of them. It'll be more like the past where occupations had to double or triple up in the skills they had to offer. ie - Architects used to be builders/carpenters as well. Same with Landscape architects, who were gardners too. In other words, more hands on manual skills. Not just machine or computer skills anymore.
 
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...architects as well could be replaced by AI through ultra efficient software
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Absolutely.
unfortunately.

it is hard to see what fields Ai will not affect.
we will even have robot assistants in schools in the future, to some degree.

in terms of jobs, the future terrain of jobs is incredibly uncertain.
in terms of safety - uncertain.
in terms of politics - uncertain.

at times i wonder if Humanoid Robots should be banned.
at least in many cases.

 

It'll be more like the past where occupations had to double or triple up in the skills they had to offer.
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in many cases, yes.
in other cases, jobs will simply be "gone" "redundant".
put short, many people will be out of work.
and of course, by people adding 3 more professions to their portfolio, there will be less of those professions.

so, new laws must be made to protect workers.
and universal income must be added.

 
erikals said:
at times i wonder if Humanoid Robots should be banned.
at least in many cases.
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...and yet no matter how good these robots get, I don't think they'll be able to do everything, erik. ie - let's say you ask the robot to move that rock, those heavy building materials or set up that photography/video shoot. While it's theoretically possible that such machines could be developed, it would likely be very expensive and not cost-effective.

There'd also have to be such a complete overhaul of society and its infrastructure to accommodate this AI/robotics revolution. Roads, buildings would have to be redesigned to allow their movement.

The one thing AI/Robots aren't that good at, is unpredictability and irregularity. That's why tasks requiring intensive hand skills would be the hardest to replace. ie - dentists, hairdressers, carpenters, skilled tradesman, etc.
 

While it's theoretically possible that such machines could be developed, it would likely be very expensive and not cost-effective.
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there are 50 big companies working on it now.
and the technology is quite close.
it will also be extremely cost efficient.

The one thing AI/Robots aren't that good at, is unpredictability and irregularity.
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yes, but they are getting better, every day.


That's why tasks requiring intensive hand skills would be the hardest to replace. ie - dentists, hairdressers, carpenters, skilled tradesman, etc.
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agree, these will be tricky to replace in the near future.


 
erikals said:
there are 50 big companies working on it now.
and the technology is quite close.
it will also be extremely cost efficient.
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I think there are already non-AI machines like that - such as cranes and lifters.

and yet...what I've noticed foreinstance on these construction sites is that while these big machines can do a lot of that work, when it comes to fine turning and placing heavy objects/structures in place, they sill need these Big Strong men who are 2 meters tall to do those tasks. Machines can do a lot, but they can't do absolutely everything. Unless as I mentioned, there was such a complete overhaul of our infrastructure and the ways/methods we do things. and everything was a snap on/snap to LEGO type society.
 
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a huge similar thread here, so might be why...
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Well, that's another aside Erik, but still relevant.

I'd wager that if you are a graphic designer/VFX 3D artist, the best way to protect your livelihood(s) is to own your own perpetual software, computers you can tweak, and scanners, printers, etc.

I think the whole idea of AI is to take away the means or production and the brushes, chisels from the artists. and what better way to that than phase out perpetual software and replace it with subscriber only? Same with computers. Phase out customizable PCs and replace them with Mac mini or Mac Studio kind of modules. So you won't be able to get a true computer anymore, just this brick you'll take home from the Apple Store, plug it in. And of course the old software won't work on it, just the subscriber stuff.

This is somewhat similar to the Industrial Revolution where factories replaced the loom makers, cobblers, clotheirs etc. Something was gained, but a lot was lost too. Such as centuries old trades/craftsmen skills which our ancestors had developed over the centuries. And of course the Factory owners just stomped on these people. Jeez, no wonder why these Luddites were smashing all the machinery trying to get their jobs back.
 

i am 100% against subscription, unless it is a valid / fair option.

Jeez, no wonder why these Luddites were smashing all the machinery trying to get their jobs back.
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Absolutely understandable, especially considering workers basically had no rights back then.
Taking away peoples jobs is the secure way to an uproar.

 
erikals said:
i am 100% against subscription, unless it is a valid / fair option.



Absolutely understandable, especially considering workers basically had no rights back then.
Taking away peoples jobs is the secure way to an uproar.
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I question in the VFX/3D world, if this Blender software is actually 'free'.

I mean, they gave the base software away for free, but then in order to bump it up to what paid softwares have to offer, then you have to buy all these plugins. So I'd wager when all the competition has been eliminated, the game plan is to make Blender the only act in town. At which point all these cheap plugins the user has to buy won't be cheap anymore and they'll just bump up the prices so a functional version of Blender will be just as expensive as a paid version of software.
 
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i think many users see pass that.
Blender is free, but many seem to forget the additional plugins are not.
the good thing here is that the user has a choice.
but in danger of making this a 3Dapp vs 3Dapp thread...

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erikals said:
i think many users see pass that.
Blender is free, but many seem to forget the additional plugins are not.
the good thing here is that the user has a choice.
but in danger of making this a 3Dapp vs 3Dapp thread...

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...and yet, it's not entirely unrelated to the emergence of AI, erik.

I've noticed that since AI/ChatGPT/Midjourney appeared perpetual software is starting to disappear and being replaced with subscriber only options. And the ones that have gone subscriber such as Adobe, have started to include AI options in their software. So the creative aspect of artists doing everything themselves is being replaced with instant backgrounds, ornaments, etc. Artistic ability and skill is no longer needed to operate these software programs.


so apps like Adobe are beginning to resemble ChatGPT lite. maybe it'll come to a point where all the other softwares will resemble it and finally one day they'll all become indistinguishable from one another.

The other aspect is that many softwares have reached a point in their development such that they can't really offer any more actual improvements, so the next step is to make them all subscriber based in order to retain their revenues. And even if AI comes in and takes over, other than introducing time saving features, the new products might not offer any actual advances. In other words, the software won't really do much more than it did pre-AI. It'll just do it faster but hide all the steps from you. Plus the time saving methods will obliterate the methodology - meaning you won't know how the steps which were taken to produce an image if you want to deconstruct it.

So that'll serve to protect their interests, hide their tools to advance their interests but at the artists' or consumer's expense.
 
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Subscription won't go away
but neither will Open Source
Perpetual is here to stay also

i don't worry about Subscription winning
not as much as i worry about robots...


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