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> Altman and his ilk believe they're the new Leonardo Da Vincis, but they're little more than petty kings and rent-seekers trying to steal the world's magic. w
by zemo 3y ago
> Altman and his ilk believe they're the new Leonardo Da Vincis, but they're little more than petty kings and rent-seekers trying to steal the world's magic.
what’s sad is they don’t even compare themselves to historical patrons. Would we have Bernini without Borghese? Perhaps, perhaps not, but the genAI peddlers aren’t trying to grow artists and grow culture, they are trying only to grow content and sell it. It is a structure that is far less enriching for society than the patronage model.
- syntactile 3y agoI love this framing of the dynamics, as a cultural concern as much as an economic one, because it cuts to the chase in a way that the AGI or open/closed themes never seem to. The extent to which anyone cares about the internet or software more broadly can only really achieve parity with past and present realities; there is no meaningful transcendence beyond the viscera of human experience because -- like trees in the forest -- we can only care about what we care about. And what has made the world a truly great place is not post-humanist striving but the connective tissue of culture that gives us access to other people, great artists and pedestrians alike, who are just like us, real. Everything else is a vice.