Should I still be an artist even with AI art

YES YOU SHALL. AI art is usually crap, so PLEASE DO YOUR ART AND BECOME RAD.

When cameras were invented, people were worried about painters losing jobs. But years later, people still paint.

The same can be said about AI. You can still be creative. Sometimes the fun of art is the process of it.

Just like you. I've always wanted a creative-type career. I also had that doomer mindset that the future is bleak and robots will take over civilization.

But don't lose hope. There is more to art than just drawing and fortunately there is diverse range of roles that are in demand. I'm planning to study python to get into more techy 3D graphics roles such as rigging or animation TD. Also experiment with other programs such as Houdini.

I assume you are a young adult so you have plenty of time to experiment with what kind of job suits you. I do feel like I've wasted my years in a dead end job but oh well. At least I've figured out warehouse work isn't for me and is hell. A random piece of advice. If the higher up at a meeting claims their workplace is like a family. RUN

there's still a lot that AI just can't do, all they can do is steal from existing art, they can't create anything original.