@datarama @Two9A The introduction of the camera introduced a crisis in the visual arts: why depict images in paint when a machine can do it perfectly in seconds? But far from killing off the visual arts, cameras ushered in a whole new era of creativity: Impressionism, abstract art, all sorts of ways of drawing and painting that explored avenues other than "render a scene as accurately as you can". Likewise, the popularity of AI slop will, I have no doubt, only stimulate the desire for code and art that actually expresses something deeply human that no LLM can match.
You are a better programmer than Claude and a better artist than Midjourney. And I am confident saying that even though I have no idea what your technical skill level is, because what makes someone a good programmer or artist isn't technical skill. How many fans does Neil "one note guitar solo" Young have vs. Yngwe "the only people who listen to my music are Berklee guitar students" Malmsteen?
Sure, right now the software industry thinks that programming isn't a skill worth paying for because the managerial class has no idea what makes software good or bad. But that is an untenable situation, especially as LLM-mongers keep raising token prices in a desperate attempt to cut their losses. And art has never really been a money-making endeavor for most people; that's not why you do it.
