A pretty daily thought for me now is “there’s no point to this, AI can do it in 1 second, and no one cares” when thinking about doing anything art or programming related. Pretty much anything we do that is on a computer is totally useless now, and companies will probably be firing us all in 10 years or less if you aren’t a manual laborer.
The worst part is, I could be tricked by AI even now. The thought of hearing a song i like, and then finding that it’s AI, makes me physically sick. But 99% of the population wont care one bit.
I pretty much try to ignore it all, and I figure I’ll shut off the internet and enjoy my collection of physical art that I know was made by humans. It just really sucks that we are going down this path and it’s going to utterly destroy us. And no one seems to realize how bad it’s going to get.
Working in IT as gen z I have had to accept that everything is already developed, and probably better than I would have done it. If I can think of a problem then someone has solved it.
I would want to say that art is in the eye of the beholder, but there is no one to behold anymore. The only thing art can be today is the process of the artist (unless you are lucky and/or privileged).
While depressing, one has to ask; is an impression needed for art to be valid? I don’t think so.
Three is an over abundance of basically everything, and I doubt there is a way to go back.
Tldr: make your own art, there is too much art to view anyway