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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 8758208" data-attributes="member: 6988941">This morning I read the the post title, and dismissed it offhand, because the only AI generated art I had ever encountered was novelty things done by friends of mine.Then today I read the NYTimes article about the fellow, James M. Allen, who won a State Fair art competition with a Midjourney submission, which got me to read up on the world of AI generated art (and playing around with generating a little). But particularly what sent me back here was the revelation that the reason Mr. Allen got into Midjourney was that he has a tabletop games studio (Incarnate Games, seems to be a board game start-up).Even if resistance from the ttrpg buying public will keep big players like WotC away from AI generated or AI assisted art, many of the little indy players are going to go heavily to AI generated art real soon. Having dirt cheap art created instantly to order is an amazing thing for a small time creator, and sometimes having something presentable that fulfills your precise needs is more important than having something actually good.I think pure AI art is going to be the province of small time players, but I think some AI art will find its way into most rpg releases in the not too distant future. I think it may ultimately end up being less a matter of expense and more a matter of needing things generated last minute to fit particular specifications.</blockquote>