EvolutionKills
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Fucking what? "Destroy his livelihood"?
The people buying Frazetta's art would be buying it specifically because he made it. As in they're fans of his work and want to own a piece of it. AI doesn't even factor into the equation. The people buying his stuff wouldn't even consider it. Not for any moral reason, but because it's not by him. Someone going out of their way to buy something by Frazetta wouldn't buy something by Pollock and think "yeah they're the same thing (art™) and it's just as good".
It's like saying McDonald's destroys Gordon Ramsey's livelihood. You go to Hell's Kitchen because you want to eat his food, not because you crave sustenance and anything will do whether it be something made by Gordon Ramsey or McDonald's.
You're just trying to be obtuse.
People with taste know of Frazetta, sure. But do you think the vast majority of people who saw his work on the cover of the Conan books knew or cared beyond surface appreciation? How many people who saw the movie posters for Fire & Ice or From Dusk Till Dawn recognized them as his work? A tiny fraction of a fraction.
So in a market ruled by a race to the bottom, how many people looking to commission art commercially like Frazetta's would hire Frazetta, when you can get a fresh intern to photoshop some AI slop at a fraction of the price? Because as this forum has demonstrated time and time again, the vast majority of people have no taste and don't care. If this AI slop is allowed to continue and permeate the market, will the next Frazetta-like talent even be able to support themselves enough to gain the prominence, recognition, and livelihood he once enjoyed? Doubtful.