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I do not approve of the use of the term “creator” here when they may believe they are creating but they are actually working inside a box (machine) or job param

I do not approve of the use of the term “creator” here when they may believe they are creating but they are actually working inside a box (machine) or job parameter which inherently is derivative. As in, I can whistle a song I created on the guitar because I pull it out of thin air - can he do the same with his “creation” as it were? Stay in your lane.

mtrpcic 3y ago
Let's not gate keep the word "creator". Writing new software is just as much "creating" as whistling a tune, writing a song, drawing a new piece of art, painting a miniature, carving a stone, or anything else. Something exists now that didn't exist before. It has been created.
- SoftTalker 3y ago
  I think most of the time "maker" is a better word but it's a quibble.
rfrey 3y ago
It's unclear to me precisely what your definition of creator is, but it seems like one nobody else shares. It has to be something made without constraints? Or something that can be effortlessly reproduced later? Or something that is 100% non-derivative? Do you really believe the songs you write on the guitar are non derivative?
- svnt 3y ago
  It seems parent’s difference is work-for-hire with a business function and defined deliverable is not creator work. Where do you think the line is? It seems obvious to me that an artist is a creator. If a person is stitching together Wordpress sites for someone else’s content are they a creator? A configurator? If a person is creating excel spreadsheets are they a creator? What about if they are just tallying numbers on a calculator? What about if they are just counting inventory?
  - bjornsing 3y ago
    “A configurator”, that’s a great title! When I’m clicking around in the AWS console that’s exactly what I feel like: a configurator. BTW, I hate it.
- hermitcrab 3y ago
  >It has to be something made without constraints? Everything is built with contraints, where it be physics, processor speed, time, money or something else.

mtrpcic 3y ago

Let's not gate keep the word "creator". Writing new software is just as much "creating" as whistling a tune, writing a song, drawing a new piece of art, painting a miniature, carving a stone, or anything else. Something exists now that didn't exist before. It has been created.

SoftTalker 3y ago
I think most of the time "maker" is a better word but it's a quibble.

rfrey 3y ago

It's unclear to me precisely what your definition of creator is, but it seems like one nobody else shares. It has to be something made without constraints? Or something that can be effortlessly reproduced later? Or something that is 100% non-derivative? Do you really believe the songs you write on the guitar are non derivative?

svnt 3y ago
It seems parent’s difference is work-for-hire with a business function and defined deliverable is not creator work. Where do you think the line is? It seems obvious to me that an artist is a creator. If a person is stitching together Wordpress sites for someone else’s content are they a creator? A configurator? If a person is creating excel spreadsheets are they a creator? What about if they are just tallying numbers on a calculator? What about if they are just counting inventory?
- bjornsing 3y ago
  “A configurator”, that’s a great title! When I’m clicking around in the AWS console that’s exactly what I feel like: a configurator. BTW, I hate it.
hermitcrab 3y ago
>It has to be something made without constraints? Everything is built with contraints, where it be physics, processor speed, time, money or something else.