All about ChatGPT and AI

It's not something which is likely to have as much influence on me as my digital art is mostly limited to editing photos for reference purposes but I can see it is a real problem for those for whom it is a speciality. I think that with all these things it should be an "opt in" scenario though as otherwise online art will get poached. I think it will anyway though but just not as blatently.

I am not a professional artist so it's less of an issue. I do a great variation of things too in many styles so I think that it would not be easy for AI to readily imitate my style although I would admit I have noticed similarities between my paintings in oils, acrylic and now watercolour so I suspect it could recognise and give some kind of copy. I can be pretty unpredictable so I don't think it would fool people for long though but I don't need to sell things to live.

In my opinion the main people who have reason to be worried are those who have found a niche with their art, commercially. In early days after art school it's perhaps likely someone will do a variation of works which are far less predictable but when they find a product that sells they are likely to reproduce it with minor variations. It's digital art in the main now but I am reminded of Bob Ross and his formula for very quick landscapes which probably made him one of the most well know artists in the world apart from paying well. I imagine anyone who has seen the programs on TV would soon recognise his style as would AI. That's what AI loves. Patterns to follow. That's what the artist would hate. Their business destroyed by machine mass production of almost indistinguishable artwork, and at ten or a hundred time the rate too, flooding the market.

Yes, it really bugs artists - with justification.