I was thinking about starting a new creative project recently. But then I thought - with how quickly AI is advancing, in just a few years an AI will probably be able to do this in just minutes. So it made me feel kind of apathetic and think, “Why should I bother starting this big project now if an AI could do it for me in a few years?”
I’m curious if others feel this way or if the advancement of AI is making people less motivated to start big, creative projects since the work could just be automated by an AI soon anyways. It could increase apathy and make people feel like “why bother?” Am I overthinking this? Does the possibility of AI taking over certain tasks in the future make you less motivated to start projects and learn new skills? Would love to hear others’ thoughts on this!
What kind of project were you thinking about?
I only see AI do narrow tasks in the near future. Draw a picture, write a story with very forseeable plot twists, draft computer code… Certainly things that are very useful, especially if AI is used to assist a human. But I don’t see it cough up something really substantial and of value (on its own). Especially the complexity in a creative project. It can draw a nice astronaut on a horse. But not come up with a clever new approach to a subject, know the history and transfer something meaningful into the art piece. Same with the complexity and different roles in computer game development. I think thats too difficult for quite some time to come. But it’ll make you faster at generating assets and write all the boilerplate code.
But if you just do simple things or sell drawings of people in anime style, you probably don’t need to bother any more. Same with a few jobs.