AI Art takes over as the finalists for Miss AI are revealed
AI art shines in digital beauty pageant, with the generative AI market worth $1.3 trillion by 2032
June 6th 2024
If you haven’t heard, entries have now closed for Miss AI, part of the World AI Creator Awards (WAICA) in partnership with fanvue, with a shortlist revealed for the top ten finalists.
According to the WAICA, the awards are a ‘first of their kind’ global program dedicated to ‘recognising the achievements of AI creators around the world.’
Digitising the traditional beauty pageant, finalists have generated stunning AI creations to represent countries including Brazil, France, India and Turkey. A winning prize package worth $20K is offered to the winner, including $5K cash, AI mentorship and PR services.
AI Art Boom
AI art is a growing phenomenon with generative AI tools widely available, such as Open AI’s DALL-E, Adobe Firefly and Midjourney.
Creating art on these platforms is a relatively simple process to get started with. The algorithms will develop scenes and characters for you based on the ‘prompts’ or descriptive commands you feed it. These could be, ‘ginger cat walks in the garden’ or aeroplane flies in the night sky’. The key is to make the prompts succinct and clear in terms of the key elements of the scene you want to create.
These tools have been programmed by being fed huge amounts of data from real images and scenarios to produce AI-generated images. There are some extraordinary examples of what AI art can produce in the hands of experts.
And we’re only just getting started.
Indeed, Bloomberg research reveals that generative AI as a whole will become a $1.3 trillion marketplace by 2032, with the industry growing at a CAGR of 42% over the next ten years.
The research finds that with this demand, there will be additional need for complimentary software such as specialised infrastructure and coding assistants, which stands to benefit established tech companies who provide these solutions such as Nvidia and Microsoft.
Yet, there will also be growing controversy as these tools are, unsurprisingly, far less popular with ‘real’ artists and creatives.
As with all industries, people fear the growing application of AI will push them out of jobs. Professional artists worry their work will be stolen or their livelihoods threatened with less need for the likes of cartoonists or animators.
Given the quality and the speed of the graphics being produced by AI, they’re reasonable concerns.
Yet, many believe they still lack character and the human touch only a real artist can conjure.
AI art enthusiasts will also tell you that its growth will provide a huge amount of benefits to individuals and businesses, by ‘democratising creativity’ and providing enhanced efficiencies when sourcing images.
It’s a topic which is hotly debated and we will watch this space with interest.
Back to Miss AI, the judges are looking for a mixture of beauty, poise and appearance. They will be evaluating technical skill and how well creators have designed their AI-models. They will also review ‘social clout’ and how well an entrant has engaged with others on social networks.
It’s truly a contest for our times. See the entrants via the award website.
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