>Initially, hyperbole stated that artists and photographers would be out of a job and human endeavour in this field was over. Then, weeks later, it turned out that these were just a new kind of tool that could be guided and put to work by humans best experienced in exploiting them.<p>I don't think there was anyone arguing that artists and photographers would all lose their livelihoods within weeks. And the fact that these ML systems can be used as tools by the artists themselves, does in no way imply that everyone's job is suddenly safe.