DALL·E 2 has opened a world of possibilities for creative content creation. Creatives are filled with both amazement and fear. Will the artist go the way of the bowling pin setter, ice cutter, pre-radar listener, lamplighter, milkman and switchboard operator? I am intrigued and excited! My curious nature overrides self preservation. How this will change the landscape of “the creative”? I embrace innovation and change. Will there be a point when I will eventually become a Luddite?

I have attempted to create my own composition generators in the past: Nate Williams Composition Generator (see video here) and other primitive pre AI attempts at apps such as PROCONist - data mine your diary and find patterns in your life.

Predictions

lower barrier to entry for generating content will increase noise to signal (like electronic music)
new scalable systems will be utilized for filtering quality content based on smarter systems that evaluate content with the convergence of qualitative + quantitative inputs (emotion at scale) vs legacy signals: likes, shares, comments, dwell times
creatives will play more of a role as directors and less as individual contributors
increased productivity vs. job loss
price of art will be impacted (increased supply vs demand)
competition for human engagement will increase
increase in dynamic personalization vs. static taste makers

Here are some artificial intelligent images I generated from the following prompt by just changing the style parameter.