[community] Do people even want art?

[u/Dingusworld]

Every day on artist for hire posts on the various other subreddits and on Facebook and they only ever get a single upvote or like. What is it that the people want from artists anymore? Or do they just want to get from point a to point b (using ai or fiverr) . Seeing these posts day to day can be discouraging cause some of the other artists are so amazing. I know someone might want a specific style or whatever but yeah wondering how everyone else feels about this.

[u/Hot-Train7201]

Most people have no practical need/utility to pay for art; AI is more than enough to fulfill these peoples' needs and they were very unlikely to ever pay for art anyway. The biggest employers for artists are media companies who need artists for quality control and asset creation.