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I'm not tired of it. I think it's the most exciting technology at the moment. IMO, ML/AI is only going to get crazier in the coming years. We're in a period of

by derac 4y ago

I'm not tired of it. I think it's the most exciting technology at the moment. IMO, ML/AI is only going to get crazier in the coming years. We're in a period of intense and rapid development that probably won't end soon. Personally I'd like to see more products than research papers.

abcc8 4y ago
Completely agree. Also, I believe that articles, tools, etc reaching the front page will diversify as these initial tools are built upon and taken different directions.
Natsu 4y ago
We might be watching a mass disruption of art as a profession. I think that's worth a few HN posts.
- t0bia_s 4y ago
  Certainly not. It's just a tool. Art is beyond generating digital images.
  - stocknoob 4y ago
    stable diffusion : artists :: expedia : travel agents
    - t0bia_s 4y ago
      What?
      - rewgs 4y ago
        They’re saying Stable Diffusion is to artists as Expedia was to travel agents.
      - stocknoob 4y ago
        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogy#Analogy_symbolism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogy#Analogy_symbolism
      - ericd 4y ago
        It’s a format of denoting an analogy that many are only familiar with because it’s used in the SAT college entrance exam in the US.
    - tough 4y ago
      > https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvqm/an-ai-generated-artwo https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvqm/an-ai-generated-artwo... https://www.expedia.com/taap-registration https://www.expedia.com/taap-registration Travel agents use Expedia Artists use Stable Diffusion
    - JohnHaugeland 4y ago
      there are more travel agents today than there were before expedia this metaphor is apt because it reveals that the gloom and doomers haven't actually taken the time to understand the industry that they're decrying the death of
  - Natsu 4y ago
    It's only going to get better.
- lm28469 4y ago
  > We might be watching a mass disruption of art as a profession. Like how mcdonald's disrupted the Michelin restaurants industry It might change a very small subset of art creation, it's still far away from anything actually usable. ie it's cool to generate your DnD scenes for your weekend sessions, it won't replace an actual illustrator for a paid projects or fine art
  - Natsu 4y ago
    The higher end of anything is always the last to get disrupted. There are still buggy whip makers [1] and those are the classic example of an industry killed by disruption. In this case, it's not that there won't be any demand for art, but that the lower end of art jobs may become more like working at McDonalds. [1] https://uswhip.com/our-products/buggy-whip/ https://uswhip.com/our-products/buggy-whip/
  - derac 4y ago
    I've seen creations that IMO are better than a lot of fine art I've seen. I acknowledge the point of fine art is not the art, but rather a conversation between the creator and the audience in an attempt to make them think or feel something. This is some of the best art I've ever seen, to my tastes (found in a previous hn comment yesterday): https://youtu.be/Nz_n0qxqoPg https://youtu.be/Nz_n0qxqoPg edit: Ironically, I just came across this article https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvqm/an-ai-generated-artwork-won-first-place-at-a-state-fair-fine-arts-competition-and-artists-are-pissed https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvqm/an-ai-generated-artwo...
  - deleted 4y ago
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  - CodeSgt 4y ago
    You say this in jest but think about how revolutionary fast food would be if it were introduced for the first time today. That's what happening with art.
  - shitpostbot 4y ago
- WheelsAtLarge 4y ago
  Not just a disruption of the art profession but the way we use aesthetics in the world. One of the side effects is that these AIs can generate ideas in other fields. Given the right prompt you can ask for ideas for decorations, architecture, product design, advertisements and who knows what else. It's only a matter of time before it creates 3d images and gets connected to a 3d printer then we'll be able to print some of what we see. At some point, we will be talking about the pre DALL-E world vs the one after.

by derac 4y ago

abcc8 4y ago

Completely agree. Also, I believe that articles, tools, etc reaching the front page will diversify as these initial tools are built upon and taken different directions.

Natsu 4y ago

We might be watching a mass disruption of art as a profession. I think that's worth a few HN posts.

t0bia_s 4y ago
Certainly not. It's just a tool. Art is beyond generating digital images.
- stocknoob 4y ago
  stable diffusion : artists :: expedia : travel agents
  - t0bia_s 4y ago
    What?
    - rewgs 4y ago
      They’re saying Stable Diffusion is to artists as Expedia was to travel agents.
    - stocknoob 4y ago
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogy#Analogy_symbolism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogy#Analogy_symbolism
    - ericd 4y ago
      It’s a format of denoting an analogy that many are only familiar with because it’s used in the SAT college entrance exam in the US.
  - tough 4y ago
    > https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvqm/an-ai-generated-artwo https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvqm/an-ai-generated-artwo... https://www.expedia.com/taap-registration https://www.expedia.com/taap-registration Travel agents use Expedia Artists use Stable Diffusion
  - JohnHaugeland 4y ago
    there are more travel agents today than there were before expedia this metaphor is apt because it reveals that the gloom and doomers haven't actually taken the time to understand the industry that they're decrying the death of
- Natsu 4y ago
  It's only going to get better.
lm28469 4y ago
> We might be watching a mass disruption of art as a profession. Like how mcdonald's disrupted the Michelin restaurants industry It might change a very small subset of art creation, it's still far away from anything actually usable. ie it's cool to generate your DnD scenes for your weekend sessions, it won't replace an actual illustrator for a paid projects or fine art
- Natsu 4y ago
  The higher end of anything is always the last to get disrupted. There are still buggy whip makers [1] and those are the classic example of an industry killed by disruption. In this case, it's not that there won't be any demand for art, but that the lower end of art jobs may become more like working at McDonalds. [1] https://uswhip.com/our-products/buggy-whip/ https://uswhip.com/our-products/buggy-whip/
- derac 4y ago
  I've seen creations that IMO are better than a lot of fine art I've seen. I acknowledge the point of fine art is not the art, but rather a conversation between the creator and the audience in an attempt to make them think or feel something. This is some of the best art I've ever seen, to my tastes (found in a previous hn comment yesterday): https://youtu.be/Nz_n0qxqoPg https://youtu.be/Nz_n0qxqoPg edit: Ironically, I just came across this article https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvqm/an-ai-generated-artwork-won-first-place-at-a-state-fair-fine-arts-competition-and-artists-are-pissed https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvqm/an-ai-generated-artwo...
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
- CodeSgt 4y ago
  You say this in jest but think about how revolutionary fast food would be if it were introduced for the first time today. That's what happening with art.
- shitpostbot 4y ago
WheelsAtLarge 4y ago
Not just a disruption of the art profession but the way we use aesthetics in the world. One of the side effects is that these AIs can generate ideas in other fields. Given the right prompt you can ask for ideas for decorations, architecture, product design, advertisements and who knows what else. It's only a matter of time before it creates 3d images and gets connected to a 3d printer then we'll be able to print some of what we see. At some point, we will be talking about the pre DALL-E world vs the one after.