A machine might be able to make an objectively better thing, but that’s not what people are paying extra for. It’s the story about a real person applying their skills and effort to make it. Demand for that will likely never cease to exist. I bet it’ll just increase.

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    20 years ago I used then cutting-edge computer tech to make abstract art images for printing. The printing itself was somewhat of a craft, but ultimately once setup I could produce one, or ten, or thousands of each image if I had buyers for them. A local art gallery encouraged me, invited me to shows where they turned away about 80% of applicants, but the things didn’t sell themselves. The “best” outlet I found was a local restaurant which showed work of local artists on a rotating basis - I got in there for a week and sold one piece at a “profit” if you can call $100 for the effort of framing and hanging five pieces that cost $100 each to produce and bringing four them home when only one sold for $200 a profit.