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 His video instantly made our episode outdated!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   Stan's Drawing Basics Course: https://proko.com/drawing 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 “Draftsmen” is available in audio. Subscribe on these platforms to keep up to date: Spotify: http://bit.ly/DraftsmenPodSp Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2JLMShh Apple: http://bit.ly/DraftsmenPodA Google: http://bit.ly/DraftsmenPodG #aiart #draftsmen #artpodcast FOLLOW PROKO: Marshall's Art - http://www.marshallart.com Email Newsletter- http://www.proko.com/subscribe Instagram -   / stanprokopenko   Twitter -   / stanprokopenko   Facebook -   / prokotv   Tumblr -   / stanprokopenko   Pinterest -   / stanprokopenko   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