Ai. Creative or Damaging?

It is so hard to know where to start, because Ai is everywhere already and will not be diminished by the likes of any one group of people. Sure, it is perceived that it will threaten creative people - artists, writers, photographers, film-makers and musicians, but does it not also allow those same people to adapt and use Ai themselves to start off a creative process. Plus, kids learning stuff at school...where will it help them to create things that we, as middle aged parents, could only dream of?

Who knows what is in peoples' heads that may be stifled by cost or a means to make their ideas real? How much creative thinking is lost because it's just too expensive or impractical to become a real thing?

I write books on occasion. They're maybe not great, but I like to write in my spare time. Imagine writing a book in 2040. Then uploading it to an Ai generator that will turn my book into a movie? No waiting for publishers and screen writers, no agents and a minimal chance of seeing your story come to life on a screen. I think that would be a great learning tool for kids and bring classrooms alive, let alone allow people to create their own movies for almost zero cost.

The same goes for artwork. I have a thought, or an idea. I can't afford an artist and, without me, the idea would quickly get binned. Now, with Ai, I can get illustrations, cartoons and artwork for little cost (if any) which help augment my idea. My Treasure Hunt book is an example. It was my idea, not a computer's. The original creative thought will, for the time being, always be human inspired.

Ai is everywhere. People will adapt to it. I hear the complaints about it but, at the end of the day, it's as revolutionary as the internet itself.

If you're new to Ai, you'll understand it doesn't "just happen". You need to give it something to work from. Sometimes, sure...it can be very little. But to create imagery in particular, the more detailed you can be about your requirement, the better the results.

My prompt for the attached image:

A minimal ink landscape: A narrow footpath winds through tall bamboo groves, fading into pale mist. The stalks rise in delicate vertical ink strokes, their leaves whispering across the composition. A silhouette of a woman walks down the footpath; she is holding a long walking stick and she wears a wide-brimmed hat, also in silhouette. Palette: soft greys, pale jade washes, faint amber. Mood: hushed, meditative, inward.