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You're quite the pessimist. I think the arts would do well to look at sports as a glimpse of their future. Machines are faster and stronger than people, but that hasn't had any impact on sports at all. Nobody's tuning in to the robot olympics.


Agreed that no one wants to watch shotput when the ball is launched out of a cannon, but people might be interested when the robots competing are anthropomorphs.

For example, robot boxing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdkwjs_g83w


A better analogy would be musicians. Recorded music is around but some musicians still make a living, mostly off live concerts and merch.

But it might also go the way of pottery, glass-making and weaving. They’re still around but extremely niche.


Who did the visual effects of the last movie you watched?

Most commercial artists are very much unknown, in the background. This is a different situation from sport




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