@wibble @AuthorJMac @Uddelhexe
Oh not sure how it went for painters, but at least they still exist. I actually feel like I should draw more with traditional media again, because of AI.
:/ Either way, I don't want artistic jobs being gone. (Not even knowing an alternative, feels like anything done on a computer would be at risk.)
@kanrei @AuthorJMac @Uddelhexe What happened to painters (very roughly) was impressionism. They reacted to the threat by moving away from realistic painting, and to the novelty by embracing the informal, everyday subjects photography enabled.
It did put some people out of work - e.g. illustrators for books and newspapers (crime-scene illustrators existed, as do court-room artists), but the great ones kept working and the others bought cameras. For even photography can sometimes be fun.