Guild tool-wielders despair, true artists adapt: a framing of creators' split fate under AI
repligate · x · 2026-11-06
A circulating take frames creators' response to AI as a split: "guild-type tool-wielders" whose livelihoods rest on high-barrier skills despair when AI breaks their moat, while genuine artists with something to express keep creating, adopt the best AI tools to go deeper, or get excited about new possibilities — capped with the image of Leonardo da Vinci meeting Opus 3.
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