Yes, no doubt about that. It’s already impressive, but the devaluation is due to lack of regulation enforcement. When that happens, 3D models will get very valuable for the reason that AI needs more quality content to eat/train/learn.
Not at the moment I agree. But when technology catches up and forces AI companies to pay Artist for their creations (not one time but as it is being requested by their algorithms), then a balance is found: AI companies get their quality content and Artist get paid constantly. We still years from that unfortunately.
I disagree. I think it be the contrary: a high demand for hand sculpted, high quality technical 3D models. Think of AI generators as PIRATES BAY in 2000. They had all the theater movies, expensive software, music… all FREE while they profited through Advertisement. It took years but eventually they got destroyed because it was all Copyright and Intellectual property infringement. The only difference is that AI companies hide and don’t want to show where they got the content from. That’s about to change in Europe for example. If they don’t tell their sources, they simply cannot enter that Market 