Especially in the case of DALLE-2 and Stable Diffusion, we are not convinced of any fundamental social benefits that access to general-purpose image generators provide aside from, admittedly, being entertaining.
It's fairly clear that widespread access to these models has dramatically accelerated a broader transformation of creative industries. Early users are fascinated with the novelty of playing with the AI model as a "new toy", but the model and related models are rapidly becoming integrated into other tools and creative workflows. Artists, game developers, interior designers, and other creatives will likely use these models extensively in the coming decade. Free, open-source software reduces the barrier to entry, allowing models to be more easily... (read more)
It's fairly clear that widespread access to these models has dramatically accelerated a broader transformation of creative industries. Early users are fascinated with the novelty of playing with the AI model as a "new toy", but the model and related models are rapidly becoming integrated into other tools and creative workflows. Artists, game developers, interior designers, and other creatives will likely use these models extensively in the coming decade. Free, open-source software reduces the barrier to entry, allowing models to be more easily... (read more)