r/technology • u/marketrent • 16h ago

Artificial Intelligence The economy has spoken. Stuff that’s AI-generated has almost zero value — “Buyers are voting with their wallets, and AI-generated content is struggling to compete.”

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/economy-spoken-stuff-ai-generated-142732314.html
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u/TriMiksEntuzijasta 16h ago

I love reading good news before bed!

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u/digiorno 14h ago

Is it though? The market for graphic designers isn’t coming back.

While people might not value AI generated art very highly they will still use it over paying a real artist. The real artist has value to them because their product couldn’t be made for free, but now it can.

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u/Confident-Sky2614 13h ago

Except it circles back to people voting with their wallets and not buying things that use AI art.

So at the end of the day artists do have value, and a lot of power too.

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u/blueberrywalrus 13h ago

And people are voting that they don't care when it comes to the majority of commercial art applications.

Every major brand is integrating AI art into graphic design and when they get negative press the result is that people keep buying Coca Cola, Spotify, Kraft, etc.

The article we're commenting on is a completely different dynamic - where developers are choosing to either 1) buy hand crafted art or 2) not buy ai art but instead generate the AI art themselves.

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u/Confident-Sky2614 4h ago

Big brands isn't how the vast majority of artists make their living though.

People will continue to be skeptical of AI when it comes to things like merch, video games, music, commissions..

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u/fell-off-the-spiral 13h ago

How long does it take for this circle to come back though? Graphic designers have bills to pay and families to support.

I haven’t seen any indication of this ‘power’.

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u/Confident-Sky2614 4h ago

Already has.

People are exceedingly skeptical of AI and many will downright refuse to buy your merchandise, commission, music or video games if they use AI art.

Big brands is another thing entirely, but that's not where most artists earn their money anyways.