No one is arguing that generative AI will " instantly receive widespread interest and reverence." Although the best of it is already interesting and evocative.<p>What's being argued is that the capitalists who control <i>the industry of art</i> will force it on consumers. Which is already happening - AI is being used to generate everything from game assets to product photos to movie trailers <i>whether you like it or not.</i><p>This is not about culture in the ephemeral sense, and I really wish AI opponents would stop framing their arguments that way, because <i>it does not matter.</i> The "inherent humanity" and "je ne sais quoi" of "true art" speaking to "fundamental human experience" is not relevant to this conversation. 99% of the art people encounter in their lives is not a profound expression of a soul bleeding onto canvas, it's a means created by a corporation of selling a product.<p>Culture is already machine generated. It already comes out of a box. People will learn to accept AI generated media for the simple reason that corporations will normalize it and create the push to make it trend through influence and social media. They already control your reality.<p>Yes, people will still value human generated art but when all of it is pushed to the fringe, what does that matter?