All AI has done is set art free from its digital prison.

As a painter I can buy a canvas and create something of value that a customer can hang in their physical home and be inspired by every day. It’s worth a lot more physically and emotionally than any NFT ever was. AI cannot copy it.

As a Photographer I have gone back to exploring 35mm photography where every shot counts and I cannot just make a few edits on Photoshop after picking the best from 50+ shots. More thought goes into the process of taking the image as much as development. This requires more skills than the spray-and-pray approach of the modern enthusiasts I see around me. I hang my physical prints in my home instead of hordeing them in the cloud. AI cannot copy them.