CGI Portraits and the Uncanny Valley

Woah.  CGI seems to have surpassed the uncanny valley.  Chris Jones posted this on YouTube:



What does this mean for traditional hand painted art?  Ultimately I don't think it means anything, other than collectors may start to value work that is obviously hand done and obviously a physical painting.  In other words, I wonder if impasto and heavier paint textures will become more valued by collectors of traditional art?

Also check out this album of photorealistic CGI portrait renderings.   The challenge in the future  for photorealistic painters in non-digital mediums will be to make it obvious that their work is not computer generated.