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Stopped by a local gallery show last weekend and noticed something funny
I was at a small gallery in Portland on Saturday, and there was this booth selling AI generated prints of fantasy landscapes. They looked nice from a distance, but up close every tree had this weird blurry texture and the shadows were all going different directions. The artist next to them was selling hand painted watercolors for about $80 a piece, and you could see every brush stroke and the texture of the paper. The AI prints were only $15, but nobody was buying them. I heard the watercolor artist tell her friend that she was worried about AI taking over, but honestly watching people walk right past those AI prints made me think maybe folks still want the real thing. Has anyone else seen AI art struggling to sell in person compared to the hype online?
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violag804d ago
Oh man, that's hilarious in the best way. I guess all those AI art promoters forgot to account for the fact that people actually like looking at stuff up close. I swear, half the time those AI pics look like they were printed on a napkin that got left in a puddle. The watercolor artist was probably sweating for nothing. Watching folks walk past the robot trees to buy the real deal must have been a pretty good reality check.
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taylor9574d ago
Kinda changed my mind too, honestly. Used to think AI art was the future.
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