> Have a look at how photography changed painting (eg painting portraits is no longer the staple breadwinner it used to be).
Has it, though? You can make a point that photorealism in painting has been technically superseded by photography, but we still find such paintings enjoyable and impressive. Sure, there's a smaller market demand from a purely practical perspective, but photorealistic paintings are still popular, and demonstrate the artist's skill and craftsmanship.
Technology can never replace art. It can just enhance it, broaden our abilities, and give us new perspectives to enjoy it.
In the past technology just meant that we re-defined art and what it means to be an artist. We will continue to do so in the future.
Similar: cars have not completely replaced horses. Horses still exist. People just have a very different relationship with them these days, and we also have much fewer horses (especially per capita) than 100 years ago.
Has it, though? You can make a point that photorealism in painting has been technically superseded by photography, but we still find such paintings enjoyable and impressive. Sure, there's a smaller market demand from a purely practical perspective, but photorealistic paintings are still popular, and demonstrate the artist's skill and craftsmanship.
Technology can never replace art. It can just enhance it, broaden our abilities, and give us new perspectives to enjoy it.