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There will have to be a shift to more creative work which can not be done by computers.

by acd 11y ago

ThomPete 11y ago
There is nothing that can't ultimately be done by computers/ai.
rms_returns 11y ago
Until the day when computers learn how to become more creative (AI and stuff).
agumonkey 11y ago
Until art is mechanically approximately generated at acceptable levels for zero cost. At which point we'll realize we have to enjoy our existences and there's nothing to solve here.
muraiki 11y ago
Is there enough demand for that much creative work? Who will consume it, if this trend widens the income inequality gap?
- dclowd9901 11y ago
  > Is there enough demand for that much creative work? Are you serious? All we do outside of work is consume others' creativity.
  - muraiki 11y ago
    Let's consider just music for now. Go to Soundcloud, Bandcamp, etc. and see how much music is already freely available. What percentage of those artists are able to make a living as full-time musicians? (especially when the trend is now to pay $X/mo to consume all you want) And if income inequality increase, there will be less consumers able to consume that increased supply, further lowering the value of the supply of music. The "winners" of the situation who end up with more income do not have additional time to consume ever more greater quantities of music, while the losers have less money and potentially also less time (if they need to work more to make ends meet). Edit: Also, given your wording of the question it seems like you aren't a producer of creative content yourself, so perhaps you aren't as directly aware of the trend I'm describing above, which has already had a serious effect upon an already difficult-to-pursue profession.
    - dclowd9901 11y ago
      I guess I'm not as aware of the trend. My guess is that as the focus of commodities shifts from exporting intellect to exporting creativity, so, too, will the value of those contributions and the way we're exposed to them. At some point there will be a shift from the content distributors to the content creators directly, especially as artificial intelligence around curation of content gets better and better.
jimbokun 11y ago
Yesterday on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10706203 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10706203

There will have to be a shift to more creative work which can not be done by computers.

by acd 11y ago

There will have to be a shift to more creative work which can not be done by computers.

ThomPete 11y ago

There is nothing that can't ultimately be done by computers/ai.

rms_returns 11y ago

Until the day when computers learn how to become more creative (AI and stuff).

agumonkey 11y ago

Until art is mechanically approximately generated at acceptable levels for zero cost. At which point we'll realize we have to enjoy our existences and there's nothing to solve here.

muraiki 11y ago

Is there enough demand for that much creative work? Who will consume it, if this trend widens the income inequality gap?

dclowd9901 11y ago
> Is there enough demand for that much creative work? Are you serious? All we do outside of work is consume others' creativity.
- muraiki 11y ago
  Let's consider just music for now. Go to Soundcloud, Bandcamp, etc. and see how much music is already freely available. What percentage of those artists are able to make a living as full-time musicians? (especially when the trend is now to pay $X/mo to consume all you want) And if income inequality increase, there will be less consumers able to consume that increased supply, further lowering the value of the supply of music. The "winners" of the situation who end up with more income do not have additional time to consume ever more greater quantities of music, while the losers have less money and potentially also less time (if they need to work more to make ends meet). Edit: Also, given your wording of the question it seems like you aren't a producer of creative content yourself, so perhaps you aren't as directly aware of the trend I'm describing above, which has already had a serious effect upon an already difficult-to-pursue profession.
  - dclowd9901 11y ago
    I guess I'm not as aware of the trend. My guess is that as the focus of commodities shifts from exporting intellect to exporting creativity, so, too, will the value of those contributions and the way we're exposed to them. At some point there will be a shift from the content distributors to the content creators directly, especially as artificial intelligence around curation of content gets better and better.

jimbokun 11y ago

Yesterday on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10706203 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10706203