what is the future of art?

Get Airalo today, and use my code ANSWER3 for $3 USD OFF your data plan: https://try.airalo.com/AnswerinProgress @airalocom #eSIM #airalo In a world where generative AI and large language models (LLMs) can draw, write, and think, what is there left for us humans to do? In this video, Sabrina grapples with the role AI plays in her life; she interviews an art appraiser to figure out how the art market really works, speaks with a museum curator to understand why certain paintings make it onto walls, and talks with two artists on opposite ends of the debate. Okay, I'm going to stop speaking in the third person to say that I hope you like this video. I'm sorry in was 36 minutes of me realizing I still don't know how I really feel. SUPPORT US ON PATREON https://patreon.com/answerinprogress SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER https://www.answerinprogress.com/newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Sabrina Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerdyandquirky Instagram: http://instagram.com/nerdyandquirky Melissa Twitter: https://twitter.com/mehlizfern Instagram: http://instagram.com/mehlizfern Taha Twitter: https://twitter.com/khanstopme Instagram: http://instagram.com/khanstopme CREDITS Producer: Sabrina Cruz Video Editing: Joe Trickey Motion Design: Sabrina Cruz Production Coordinator: Ria Kapoor Camera Operators: Melissa Fernandes, Ria Kapoor Special Thanks to: Jessica Jackson https://www.instagram.com/jessicarossjackson.ai Adam Welch Rob Cowley Sam Yang https://www.youtube.com/samdoesarts https://www.instagram.com/samdoesarts Wendy So Andrea-Jo Wilson Amanda Rach Lee MUSIC Epidemic Sound. Get started today using our affiliate link. http://share.epidemicsound.com/answerinprogress RECOMMENDED READING If you're in Toronto, be sure to check out Moments in Modernism at the Art Gallery of Ontario (exhibition on until March 2026). TIMESTAMPS 00:00 mediocre woman has existential crisis 01:18 paying the bills - thanks airalo! 02:20 setting the bar low 03:30 the game plan 03:51 modern art - a paradox of value 04:41 the normies try to spot the fake 07:27 the expert tries to spot the fake 08:35 how do art experts value art 10:42 how do we value art 11:46 but is it tax evasion 12:11 this is not tax advice 13:10 sidequest - are experts just scamming us 13:34 tldr - no 15:37 wait modern art is actually awesome 17:00 video actually starts at this timestamp lol 17:24 you will never convince me that prompt engineering is a skill 18:34 i can't stress how conservative an estimate 15 billion is 18:42 RENT is the real work of art i should've analyzed 18:51 to understand AI art, we need to understand AI (derogatory) 19:38 the environmental harm of AI 20:43 how AI generates an image 21:23 i didn't say it was an original image, did i? 22:22 the real tax evasion was this shot to expense my lunch 22:27 can we fix AI plagiarism? 22:44 yes but that doesn't solve the problem 23:25 FOR LEGAL PURPOSES THAT IS A HAIRCUT NOT MOUSE EARS. 23:40 AI generated layoffs 23:45 video actually actually starts at this timestamp lol 24:59 bias reveal uwu 26:10 a personal look at the AI art debate 31:51 is it a revelation or is it cope 32:43 what is the point of art? 34:33 what is the future of art? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the joke under the fold! Here's a corny one that I think we all need after this existential crisis of a video. What do you call Earth without art? Eh. Leave a comment with the word ART to let me know you were here ;-)