Bulut, E. (2020). A Precarious Game: The Illusion of Dream Jobs in the Video Game Industry

Will AI Art Make Human Artists Obsolete

“…Turning to the question of China's game art industry. Zhao [1] claims that the rise of AI art seems to be causing anxiety among game designers. Artificial intelligence is trained on huge datasets that would take decades for human designers to complete -Artificial intelligence is likely to replace the artists themselves.…”

“…It depends on whether people are willing to pay for artworks which are created by AI. For example, Zhao [1] pointed out that consumers are reluctant to buy AI-generated items in games, thinking they are cheap, and consumers prefer to choose characters or scenes created by human artists. This is also the choice of companies, especially in the Internet age.…”

“…While the efficiency of AI painting brings benefits, it also has some shortcomings. This essay will describe the advantages and disadvantages of AI painting and compare the impacts on AI painting and human designers by way of examples: firstly, the threat posed to designers by the widespread use of AI painting, and secondly, Zhao's study [1] proposes a new paradigm for current collaborative authoring with AI. It says that this will be the future direction for the development of artificial intelligence and human designers.…”