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"(3) At some point, it will be so advanced that it will hardly need anyone to create it, and Google and other big tech companies can use it to be an alternative
by DannyBee 3y ago
"(3) At some point, it will be so advanced that it will hardly need anyone to create it, and Google and other big tech companies can use it to be an alternative to traditional musicians, who will not be able to compete and therefore will not be able to do what they love to survive."
What is your definition of "traditional" here - historically, both music and art were not full time jobs for most.
It was a thing people with a passion for did as a side gig, with some (but not a lot) of people eventually sustaining themselves full time with art. Or it was done by already rich people who did not need to work and could afford to be people of leisure.
That was true even of organized things like orchestras, etc.
Doing these as a full time job is a relatively recent thing, and even there, "surviving" has been limited to a remarkable few.
Even a decade ago, 30% of musicians had a second job. The 70% was not mostly "bands" but,again, permanent things like orchestras, etc.
Trying to forcefully keep jobs alive that don't need to exist is insanity, and rightfully gets pointed out as such in other contexts. This would be no different in this case.
Here, it's also totally non-obvious that if these things go back to "people pursue it as a side gig because they love it" we will be any worse off than we were in terms of quality of art/music, happiness, you name it.
Because that was the way of the past and art/music were not just fine, but most people even consider it better!
- DannyBee 3y agoI'll also add - the times folks have spent fighting change in what jobs are needed rarely ends up well vs the time spend helping people adapt to that change. You have to know the change is real, of course, but once you do, we've ended up with insane results when we try to fight it.