AI image generators will help artists, not replace them

For years, artist Steve Coulson wanted to make his own comic. "The problem has always been – I can't draw," he says. But in 2022, Coulson published a beautiful comic called Summer Island. The 40-page folk-horror story about a sea god festival features detailed illustrations with a coherent visual style-- all created with the help of artificial intelligence. As AI image generators, such as OpenAI's popular DALL-E and DALL-E2, become more widespread, some forecast the death of human artforms.