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Doesn't this hold true for everything? It all started with painting. Then photography came around and took some work to produce. Photography finally reached the

Doesn't this hold true for everything? It all started with painting. Then photography came around and took some work to produce. Photography finally reached the masses with 1-hour photo shops. Then anyone with a phone could create them. Now AI can do it. It's the price of lowering the barrier to entry. We can go through this same exercise with a number of technological improvements. Construction has led to the demise of awe around buildings. Mass production has killed our sense of awe around products. Cheap abundant food has led to a decline in awe around fancy meals.

jetsetk 3y ago
I'm still in awe when I see certain paintings and buildings made by human hand, because it involves thousands of hours to become good at something in general. There is an emotional component to it that makes me like it more than computer generated stuff - that is just mid at best. Never been amazed by some ai art. There is some indirect grind component to be admired in it when you consider research and development, but that does not touch me like a masterpiece of some legendary artist.
- 4RealFreedom 3y ago
  There was an article on HN yesterday about the Carmalite monks in Wyoming building a Gothic monastery[1]. They couldn't afford the cost so they started using CNC machines to carve the rock themselves. Looking at the work they've completed so far, I can't tell the difference between their work hand carved stone. Just because the barrier to entry is lower doesn't mean there is nothing awe inspiring produced. People in general aren't as impressed by the results because of saturation. [1] https://hackaday.com/2023/01/13/a-medieval-gothic-monastery-built-using-cad-cam/ https://hackaday.com/2023/01/13/a-medieval-gothic-monastery-...
- fennecbutt 3y ago
  I think AI art produced in half a second can definitely evoke emotion. Our brains are literally built for it. That's really the core of the art world; "Ah, but look closer". Anything has significance to anyone if they're told to think about it.

jetsetk 3y ago

I'm still in awe when I see certain paintings and buildings made by human hand, because it involves thousands of hours to become good at something in general. There is an emotional component to it that makes me like it more than computer generated stuff - that is just mid at best. Never been amazed by some ai art. There is some indirect grind component to be admired in it when you consider research and development, but that does not touch me like a masterpiece of some legendary artist.

4RealFreedom 3y ago
There was an article on HN yesterday about the Carmalite monks in Wyoming building a Gothic monastery[1]. They couldn't afford the cost so they started using CNC machines to carve the rock themselves. Looking at the work they've completed so far, I can't tell the difference between their work hand carved stone. Just because the barrier to entry is lower doesn't mean there is nothing awe inspiring produced. People in general aren't as impressed by the results because of saturation. [1] https://hackaday.com/2023/01/13/a-medieval-gothic-monastery-built-using-cad-cam/ https://hackaday.com/2023/01/13/a-medieval-gothic-monastery-...
fennecbutt 3y ago
I think AI art produced in half a second can definitely evoke emotion. Our brains are literally built for it. That's really the core of the art world; "Ah, but look closer". Anything has significance to anyone if they're told to think about it.