AI, the enemy of an artist. Or is it? At this point, either way, we have to admit the fact that AI is here to stay and embrace the change. Instead of being the guy who adamantly insists that the internet is a fad while clinging on to his fax machine.
Just like with automations, I try to utilize AI to optimize my work, where my knowledge and skills are in short supply. Whether that’s doing something that would take a human, like looking at images and tagging them, or trying to figure out how to implement a new coding language into something, I often utilize AI in my day to day life.
The biggest way I utilize AI is with coding. I learned Python before AI was a thing, but ever since the original release of ChatGPT and Midjourney, I have followed AI technology tightly, as it evolves month to month.
Not being a professional in coding, there are a lot of concepts and terms I understand without being able to define exactly what it is I want to write. This is where AI comes in as a great help, making me able to create something above my non-AI skill level faster and more optimally than I could myself. This further allows me to optimize my automations and general workflow in ways that weren’t possible without AI. And things like upscaling low resolution textures are something that wasn’t previously possible to do, which is now a breeze. Or something a script can’t do, like looking at an image and generating tags for it.
Using AI to learn new things and assist in something you aren’t a master in is where I believe AI comes to shine, leaving me time to create what I’m good at and be creative instead. All while silently hoping AI isn’t going to take over my job completely some day.
I also use AI to implement in my automations. Such as using Google’s Vision API to look at a render of an asset and tag it automatically for our library, or using OpenAI API to look through an SQL database for me and fill out new data based on previous data.
I have experience using the following AI and LLMs:
Coding
ChatGPT, Cursor, Github Copilot, Claude Sonnet
Generative
Dall-E, Midjourney, Flux, Stable Diffusion
API Implementation
OpenAI, Google Vision
Example of Google Vision API used to generate searchable tags for a 3D asset