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People have been creating art for a long time. Whether it was a caveman drawing on the walls of a cave to say, “I was here,” or kings having artists create their portraits, art has evolved over time, taking different forms and styles.

Technology democratized art—what that means is it made art accessible to more and more people. Movies, music, books, poems, portraits, animations—everything is art. And with the dawn of technology, more and more people have gained access to it.

So, the purpose of art also evolved—from creating art to pass the time, to creating art for people to consume. Obviously, the process of creating art is very rewarding. People derive immense meaning from it. But if you are creating something for other people to consume, then it’s very important for those people to relate to your creations.

I think AI has just personalized art. In the past, only kings and people of special importance could have their portraits made or photos taken. Now, everyone can take photos of their everyday lives and turn them into portraits or Ghibli Studio-style aesthetics.

Obviously, it makes sense for artists to panic, because it may cost them their jobs in animation studios. But there will also be more creative freedom and more time to create more art. Now you can bring more of your ideas to life. You can still use your creative freedom to guide the AI with detailing, without having to do the laborious work of actually detailing the art yourself.

If you are doing it for personal satisfaction, you can still create art and be very fulfilled. But if you are creating for other people, then there is no other option but to accept the reality and adapt to it.

Just imagine—now people can put all their photos into AI and transform them into Ghibli Studio-style aesthetics or any other art form. Then they can guide an AI to write a storyline for a movie based on their life. You could create a deeply personalized animated movie that resonates with you and brings immense joy. Of course, others might not find it interesting, but they don’t need to—they can simply watch their own movie. There will still be common themes and shared ideas where people connect through similar tastes in stories and style.

I think we are moving toward a world that will be highly personalized because of AI—personalized art, personalized music, personalized education. You would live in a world where you are the most important person.

And maybe that’s what art has always longed to be—

Not just a mirror of the world, but a mirror of you.

In a future shaped by AI, we may not all become famous, but we’ll all be remembered — not by monuments or museums, but by the beauty we shaped in our own image.

Art, in the end, comes full circle— from the lonely cave walls to

a universe that says, once again,

“I was here.”