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In an age of AI, being an artist feels like riding the wave of a major shift - where creativity, technology, and identity are all changing simultaneously. It's exciting, confusing, and honestly a bit frightening, because it forces you to rethink what "art" is. Some people believe that artists will be replaced by AI, that AI will be able to create images and music faster than humans could. However, I realized that intention is what makes art meaningful, not speed or efficiency. It’s emotion. It’s the human experience behind the work. It can duplicate styles, blend references, or create visuals, but it can't feel what drives someone to create. Artists are different from machines because they don't have memories, nostalgia, or passion.

In addition, I've realized that rejecting AI completely is not a viable option either. It's not going anywhere, and it's already affecting how people create. Finding a way to work with it without losing your voice is the real challenge. The course taught me that AI doesn't have to replace artists - it can be a tool, like a camera or a paintbrush, something that expands the possibilities instead of dictating. AI can open up new directions and forms of expression, but a human must guide, shape, and transform it into something meaningful.

To me, being an artist in the age of AI is about holding on to the aspects of creativity that are human - emotions, thought processes, lived experiences - while still exploring new tools. It’s about using technology without letting it use you. Artists will never lose the value of their creativity as long as they continue to create with intention and feeling. Art becomes something that pushes us to think differently, imagine differently, and redefine what art can be.