A lot of low- and mid-ranked artists will have to find different ways to provide value. Same for almost every profession—if you’re not performing tasks that require non-trivial understanding of customer desires, and/or generate and require high levels of trust in that understanding and alignment, you’re probably going to have limited opportunities.
I’d argue that at least some of the changes are reversion to the historical mean—for all but the last ~60 years, it was impossible for any but a very few to make a living at artistic endeavors, and until the last 25 it wasn’t even much of a hobby.
I prefer the coming equilibrium to the previous one—still not many artists getting engagement (or money) from an audience, but now there’s a lot more art to enjoy. I somewhat expect editors/curators to go up in value for some time, until AI gets better at personalized creation/selection based on individuals.
A lot of low- and mid-ranked artists will have to find different ways to provide value. Same for almost every profession—if you’re not performing tasks that require non-trivial understanding of customer desires, and/or generate and require high levels of trust in that understanding and alignment, you’re probably going to have limited opportunities.
I’d argue that at least some of the changes are reversion to the historical mean—for all but the last ~60 years, it was impossible for any but a very few to make a living at artistic endeavors, and until the last 25 it wasn’t even much of a hobby.
I prefer the coming equilibrium to the previous one—still not many artists getting engagement (or money) from an audience, but now there’s a lot more art to enjoy. I somewhat expect editors/curators to go up in value for some time, until AI gets better at personalized creation/selection based on individuals.