Note: This piece was originally published on my Patreon, several weeks ago. Go become a Patron for $1 per month get access to weekly writing and audio rambles. Recently, I got involved in some mild drama on Twitter (a phrase that always destroys your dignity to utter in public) revolving around the subject of AI art.
It seems pretty shortsighted of these people to claim that an AI can copy Wes Anderson's style and therefore it could replace him. The whole point is Wes Anderson CREATED his style; he made creative decisions for various reasons, weighing up alternative ways to express his own ideas and choosing the precise combination of techniques that, combined, form what we associate with him as his style. An AI can copy it but it can't create its own style. If it "wasn't that hard" as the TikTokers say, why didn't someone else do it first?
It seems pretty shortsighted of these people to claim that an AI can copy Wes Anderson's style and therefore it could replace him. The whole point is Wes Anderson CREATED his style; he made creative decisions for various reasons, weighing up alternative ways to express his own ideas and choosing the precise combination of techniques that, combined, form what we associate with him as his style. An AI can copy it but it can't create its own style. If it "wasn't that hard" as the TikTokers say, why didn't someone else do it first?