Curious: When Dall-e hits mass market, what effects do you think it'll have on the ways in which we create, perceive and value art?
#Dalle's effects on how we create, perceive and value art?
rich timber
Well, I have worked in the creative marketing business for over 7 years now, and I think that a lot of the creative process will be highly impacted by tools like DALLE, if they become available to the public. I can see a lot of the professionals using DALLE as a tool to generate creative resources to be incorporated in the traditional workflow for a lot of tasks. Not to say that a lot of the stock image could easily be replaced by tools such as DALLE with potentially lower costs.
Speaking specifically about art, I think that a lot of new artists will emerge with the aid of technology, as we have already seen in the past 10-20 years. The 'traditional' approach will always remain, but I think we will see a lot more people interested in doing/knowing more about art than ever before. Which I think is awesome
flat trout
I think we are at the dawn of a new type of art medium - fast art. The creator is both artist, consumer, and patron.
Many creations that will be made may never be shared depending on the nature of the application they're created with.
tawny elk
So to raise a specific question: Do you think Dall-e is going to have a net positive effect or a net negative effect on the quality and variety of artistic output?
I’m honestly a pessimist in this regard. I recognize that Dall-e is an extremely powerful tool, which will be used to produce some ground-breaking art. Simultaneously, I think that the number of un-inspired, derivative or tacky creations will probably outnumber the number of good creations significantly; leading to a reduction in the overall quality of art.
The same thing happens with the advent of any new technology that lowers a barrier to entry (the internet, 24h cable; quality drops (as a percentage of overall volume), but diversity increases (sometimes, unless homogeneous styles arise because of corporate incentive). There is more media out there, more options, but it becomes harder to find good work.
flat trout
I’m honestly a pessimist in this regard. I recognize that Dall-e is an extremely...
People are adaptable, self-organizing and self-determining when it comes to taking large amounts of information and formatting in a way that presents what is considered worthy of consuming, what is mediocre, and what should be avoided.
Whether it is something that is now ubiquitous like IMDB, or niche review sites for music like progarchives.com 😉
The average person has rarely been challenged to search out quality work - that has been a problem since the advent of mass media.
rich timber
I totally agree with @flat trout on that. I guess mass media was always somewhat homogenic in its nature but I see internet and all other technological major breakthroughs as a little addition to the equation, but in a positive way.
I guess that the general tendency to mass media will somewhat remain the same, but allowing people that are searching for something more niched and 'custom' to lean more and more on this type of tool to produce self-organized/self-curated group content, in the sense that each niche will be able to create its own thing in a more accessible and faster way.
I do think, though, that this kind of thinking may bring its downsides, really, in the form of niche-alienation that tends to exacerbate the faster/easier it is for anyone to be able to consume exactly what they want, when they want. This may lead to a profound knowledge and appreciation for what you already like/know and a despise to know new things (much like an 'echo bubble', but applied to entertainment/art).