As much as I confess to enjoying the memes created by generative art I feel bad for my real artist friends, who spent years honing a specific craft that is now transforming into something of a mockery. Another lingering remnant of the old world is dying and being "eaten" by software as they say.

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For anyone curious but doesn't know about the "eaten" reference.

For anyone curious but doesn't know about the "eaten" reference.
https://a16z.com/why-software-is-eating-the-world/

In all honesty, this applies to all domains, not only art.