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I wouldn’t call it post-scarcity, since kitten pics have never been hard to find. But the idea of “someone chasing their cat to sit for a second to take a cute

by kredd 3y ago

I wouldn’t call it post-scarcity, since kitten pics have never been hard to find. But the idea of “someone chasing their cat to sit for a second to take a cute pic” is what warms my heart. I know, art blah blah, but without “behind the scenes feeling” there’s just emptiness. And I am saying this as a person who has absolutely zero sense of art.

Drakim 3y ago
Consider an old man who hates the fact that you could find kitty pictures online as easily as we have been doing for the last 15 years. He thinks that a true authentic encounter with a kitty out in nature is the only real way to experience a kitty, and that you have throw that all away in favor of pictures. What can you say to refute such an argument without also refuting your own foothold here?
- kredd 3y ago
  I can't refute such statement, because in my opinion encountering a real kitty in the nature is better. Not everything is black and white (like some kittens!) in this scenario. In my mind I would rank these experiences in such way: 1. Playing with cats in real life 2. Looking at real cat pics where a person took a photo 3. AI generated cat pics It's similar to going to a concert and watching a video of the concert. You obviously won't get the same buzz from the latter. So, if my theoretical feed consists of just the 3rd one, I am losing the enjoyment from the 2nd. I think that comparison also doesn't fit in though, as AI doesn't really replace "feelings you get from real life encounters" (for now at least) anyways. It only fights for the the spot in the digital content world. One thing that sometimes I catch myself thinking in the past few months when I see any pic online is asking myself "is this actually real?". Even for pictures that are most likely real. I never used to do that in the past, and I'm not sure how I feel about that.

by kredd 3y ago

Drakim 3y ago

Consider an old man who hates the fact that you could find kitty pictures online as easily as we have been doing for the last 15 years. He thinks that a true authentic encounter with a kitty out in nature is the only real way to experience a kitty, and that you have throw that all away in favor of pictures. What can you say to refute such an argument without also refuting your own foothold here?

kredd 3y ago
I can't refute such statement, because in my opinion encountering a real kitty in the nature is better. Not everything is black and white (like some kittens!) in this scenario. In my mind I would rank these experiences in such way: 1. Playing with cats in real life 2. Looking at real cat pics where a person took a photo 3. AI generated cat pics It's similar to going to a concert and watching a video of the concert. You obviously won't get the same buzz from the latter. So, if my theoretical feed consists of just the 3rd one, I am losing the enjoyment from the 2nd. I think that comparison also doesn't fit in though, as AI doesn't really replace "feelings you get from real life encounters" (for now at least) anyways. It only fights for the the spot in the digital content world. One thing that sometimes I catch myself thinking in the past few months when I see any pic online is asking myself "is this actually real?". Even for pictures that are most likely real. I never used to do that in the past, and I'm not sure how I feel about that.