Watched a friend lose 200 followers after jumping on the AI art bandwagon too fast

A buddy of mine runs a small illustration page on Instagram, and last month he started pumping out AI generated posts without telling anyone. He went from 1,200 followers down to about 980 in two weeks, and the comments were brutal. I think the AI art craze is fading fast because people want to see real human effort, not just a prompt. Three years ago, everyone was all about those filter apps, and now they are mostly gone too. Do you think this whole AI art phase will die out by next summer, or am I just being too cynical here?

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grayc2715d ago

Man that's rough, losing 200 followers stings no matter what. People can usually tell when there's no soul behind the work, right?

anna_ross1915d ago

Jumping off that, it's like you can feel when someone's just copying trends or posting for the algorithm instead of actually caring about what they make. I've seen accounts blow up with thousands of followers but you scroll through their stuff and it's all the same recycled ideas, no personality at all. Compare that to someone with 500 followers who posts their own weird sketches or niche hobbies, you actually want to stick around and see what they do next. That soul stuff is real, people pick up on the energy even if they can't name it.