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The "AI is going to destroy creative work" view requires either 1) wild optimism about the future of AI, a belief that it will quickly become orders of magnitud

by TillE 3y ago

The "AI is going to destroy creative work" view requires either 1) wild optimism about the future of AI, a belief that it will quickly become orders of magnitude better than anything we can do today, or 2) a lack of understanding and appreciation for good art. Like yeah you'll probably be able to churn out some hideously mediocre content slop with AI. I'm extremely skeptical that we're anywhere near producing anything good with AI.

em-bee 3y ago
it's a matter of perspective. obviously AI won't be able to compete with traditional movies for some time, but for amateur film makers who don't have a budget for sets and actors, AI is going to help them make their work better. i don't know if that is good or bad though. one side effect of AI helping to make movies is that there will be so many more of them. think about all that cheap content on youtube. imagine a bunch of that enhanced with AI. it will still be cheap content, but it will look better, which means we will have a harder time to detect it and dismiss it.
HDThoreaun 3y ago
One of my all time favorite films is It's such a Beautiful Day, an animated film painstakingly created by a single visionary. If generative AI allows creatives to create similar projects in unique ways, which I believe it will, then I'm all for it. > a belief that it will quickly become orders of magnitude better than anything we can do today I don't think this is true, all we need is a belief that generative AI will quickly become a tool that allows small groups or individuals to create projects that are better than they can create today. If my theory that small groups are better able to create artistic statements than large groups is true then the small group + AI will be better than the current massive group paradigm.

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The "AI is going to destroy creative work" view requires either 1) wild optimism about the future of AI, a belief that it will quickly become orders of magnitud

by TillE 3y ago

em-bee 3y ago
it's a matter of perspective. obviously AI won't be able to compete with traditional movies for some time, but for amateur film makers who don't have a budget for sets and actors, AI is going to help them make their work better. i don't know if that is good or bad though. one side effect of AI helping to make movies is that there will be so many more of them. think about all that cheap content on youtube. imagine a bunch of that enhanced with AI. it will still be cheap content, but it will look better, which means we will have a harder time to detect it and dismiss it.
HDThoreaun 3y ago
One of my all time favorite films is It's such a Beautiful Day, an animated film painstakingly created by a single visionary. If generative AI allows creatives to create similar projects in unique ways, which I believe it will, then I'm all for it. > a belief that it will quickly become orders of magnitude better than anything we can do today I don't think this is true, all we need is a belief that generative AI will quickly become a tool that allows small groups or individuals to create projects that are better than they can create today. If my theory that small groups are better able to create artistic statements than large groups is true then the small group + AI will be better than the current massive group paradigm.