The Big Picture of Generative AI
"Generative AI" spans many areas—image, video, text, audio, 3D. Before starting as a creator, organize what kinds exist and what each is good at.
5 Main Categories
1. Text Generation
- Main: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
- Uses: articles, novels, scenarios, social, copy
- Can start sufficiently for free
2. Image Generation
- Main: Midjourney, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, FLUX
- Uses: illustration, photo-style, concept art, manga
- Mostly paid (pricing/plan names change often—check each official site)
3. Video Generation
- Main: Google Veo, Runway, Kling, etc. (OpenAI Sora's offering changed—check the latest)
- Uses: ads, social video, prototypes, visual expression
- Pricier, longer generation time
