I forget where I saw it, but there was a musician who made a good point: he said, I didn't do all the hard work of learning to play my instrument in order to impress you with my talent, I did it because I have all these songs in me that I desperately wanted to be able to express.
I can understand that. In the visual domain, especially: how often haven't I thought about a story, my own or someone else's, and wished I could show people. I can also understand the dismay of some artists, who did all that hard work, and suddenly find that it's even harder to reach people with those songs, pictures and stories bubbling in them, because now so many others are able to express theirs too.
> I didn't do all the hard work of learning to play my instrument in order to impress you with my talent, I did it because I have all these songs in me that I desperately wanted to be able to express
Markets for many kinds of art have already been driven to near zero, but I wonder if AI will drive them negative: if you want a human audience to give you their much-contended attention, you'll have to start paying them.
Vanity publishing is already a thing, it might become bigger. But I don't think the price as such will become negative, because paying people to listen to you sort of defeats the point. You want to believe that the things you have to say are worthwhile, after all.
I can understand that. In the visual domain, especially: how often haven't I thought about a story, my own or someone else's, and wished I could show people. I can also understand the dismay of some artists, who did all that hard work, and suddenly find that it's even harder to reach people with those songs, pictures and stories bubbling in them, because now so many others are able to express theirs too.