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Sorry, but if the "new media renaissance" is SpongeBob singing WAP, count me out. I don't think it's exciting, I think it's lame. But you're right, there's alw

Sorry, but if the "new media renaissance" is SpongeBob singing WAP, count me out. I don't think it's exciting, I think it's lame. But you're right, there's always money to be made in making the Internet an even dumber place than it is already. Have fun!

echelon 6y ago
That's such a narrow-minded, salt vinegar take. How many leaps away are we from 10 year olds making their own Star Wars movies? Not many, I posit. And I think that many of them can and will do better than George Lucas. This technology is going to give so many more people the ability to create. As we begin to automate the tedious jobs and industries, it's important we have something fulfilling and engaging for people to move to. The creative field is rewarding and leads to self-growth and entrepreneurism. The future is going to be a Cambrian explosion of creativity and expression. Look at YouTube, TikTok, and Patreon. Imagine what more tooling will do for these folks. Brains are teeming with ideas and imagination, but they often don't have the resources to breathe life into things imagined - with this next round of tech, we're going to change that. Conversely, the concentration of wealth and production value at the top (entities like SpongeBob and Cardi B) will erode once everyone has the ability to generate character designs, animation, music, lyrics. More money will pump into the system, and it'll spread more evenly. This is the Internet / Smart Phone revolution all over again.
- talentedcoin 6y ago
  We don't have the same idea of the meaning behind the words "create" or "creativity". TikTok is exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about -- you just want to create another vector for even more soulless, time-wasting popularity contests. What you're describing to me sounds like a technological way for adult children to play brand-promoting dress-up inside the already-worn-out shell of pop culture, a way to infinitely recombine the old without actually creating anything new or interesting. Call it a narrow-minded take if you like. I'm sure you'll be laughing all the way to the bank, so who cares what I think? It'll be a hit on 4chan.
  - echelon 6y ago
    That's such a sad outlook. We'll see the next Scorsese and Miyazaki using these tools and techniques.
    - talentedcoin 6y ago
      Look, I would love to be wrong about this. The potential for deepfakes to e.g disrupt financial markets worries me much more than the upside of some cool videos on the internet. It’s nothing personal. If you build something genuinely cool I promise I will be happy for you!

echelon 6y ago

That's such a narrow-minded, salt vinegar take. How many leaps away are we from 10 year olds making their own Star Wars movies? Not many, I posit. And I think that many of them can and will do better than George Lucas. This technology is going to give so many more people the ability to create. As we begin to automate the tedious jobs and industries, it's important we have something fulfilling and engaging for people to move to. The creative field is rewarding and leads to self-growth and entrepreneurism. The future is going to be a Cambrian explosion of creativity and expression. Look at YouTube, TikTok, and Patreon. Imagine what more tooling will do for these folks. Brains are teeming with ideas and imagination, but they often don't have the resources to breathe life into things imagined - with this next round of tech, we're going to change that. Conversely, the concentration of wealth and production value at the top (entities like SpongeBob and Cardi B) will erode once everyone has the ability to generate character designs, animation, music, lyrics. More money will pump into the system, and it'll spread more evenly. This is the Internet / Smart Phone revolution all over again.

talentedcoin 6y ago
We don't have the same idea of the meaning behind the words "create" or "creativity". TikTok is exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about -- you just want to create another vector for even more soulless, time-wasting popularity contests. What you're describing to me sounds like a technological way for adult children to play brand-promoting dress-up inside the already-worn-out shell of pop culture, a way to infinitely recombine the old without actually creating anything new or interesting. Call it a narrow-minded take if you like. I'm sure you'll be laughing all the way to the bank, so who cares what I think? It'll be a hit on 4chan.
- echelon 6y ago
  That's such a sad outlook. We'll see the next Scorsese and Miyazaki using these tools and techniques.
  - talentedcoin 6y ago
    Look, I would love to be wrong about this. The potential for deepfakes to e.g disrupt financial markets worries me much more than the upside of some cool videos on the internet. It’s nothing personal. If you build something genuinely cool I promise I will be happy for you!