It also gave birth to the photographic portrait artist. It certainly did not get rid of portrait artists in general.

This was of course a leading question. The point was to get you to think about what artists did in response to the photograph. They changed the way they paint.

I'm positive that machine learning will also change the way that people create are and I am positive that it will only add to the rich tapestry of creative possibilities. There are still realistic portrait painters, after all, they're just not as numerous.