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>can focus on more interesting problems Kind of like how art was supposed to be what humans would be doing while AI does the jobs we don't want, but looks like

>can focus on more interesting problems Kind of like how art was supposed to be what humans would be doing while AI does the jobs we don't want, but looks like that will be the first thing to fall to the machines, while humans fight for carpet installation and plumbing jobs (for a while).

CipherThrowaway 3y ago
AI still can't do art. Tacky AI generated imagery is mid-2020s clip art, already recognizable to consumers and signalling negative brand associations like "cheap", "scam", "low quality."
Almondsetat 3y ago
Have you ever seen people dreaming of becoming a soulless cog in the machine creating forgettable 3D assets for mobile video games at a no-name studio once we achieve "full automation"? Me neither. What people dream about is being able to go to a field and paint or sing at their leisure, not engaging in the soul crushing rat race that is artistic entrepreneurship. AI is replacing the jobs that make money but are most certainly creatively bankrupt.
- infinitezest 3y ago
  OK but... How will I get money to live and feed my kids and stuff? Will the rich decide they finally have enough this time? Why would they?
alx_the_new_guy 3y ago
Art as a concept is basically meaningless these days. What is art? Apparently, anything can be art, so what's the difference between art and not_art? From my personal experience, it is used more as a shitty excuse for substandard/lame/overpriced stuff to exist. And to boost it's creator's ego. AI certainly isn't really doing it, just as people aren't. Fuck art.
- huhhohp 3y ago
  As you note: “it is used more as a shitty excuse”, this is “art as excuse”. > Fuck art. For me, art is both personal expression and interpretation, and yeah, those things can be imbued or ascribed to “anything”. Even a comment on a web forum. Your comment is an expression of your personality. Your comment is your art.

CipherThrowaway 3y ago

AI still can't do art. Tacky AI generated imagery is mid-2020s clip art, already recognizable to consumers and signalling negative brand associations like "cheap", "scam", "low quality."

Almondsetat 3y ago

Have you ever seen people dreaming of becoming a soulless cog in the machine creating forgettable 3D assets for mobile video games at a no-name studio once we achieve "full automation"? Me neither. What people dream about is being able to go to a field and paint or sing at their leisure, not engaging in the soul crushing rat race that is artistic entrepreneurship. AI is replacing the jobs that make money but are most certainly creatively bankrupt.

infinitezest 3y ago
OK but... How will I get money to live and feed my kids and stuff? Will the rich decide they finally have enough this time? Why would they?

alx_the_new_guy 3y ago

Art as a concept is basically meaningless these days. What is art? Apparently, anything can be art, so what's the difference between art and not_art? From my personal experience, it is used more as a shitty excuse for substandard/lame/overpriced stuff to exist. And to boost it's creator's ego. AI certainly isn't really doing it, just as people aren't. Fuck art.

huhhohp 3y ago
As you note: “it is used more as a shitty excuse”, this is “art as excuse”. > Fuck art. For me, art is both personal expression and interpretation, and yeah, those things can be imbued or ascribed to “anything”. Even a comment on a web forum. Your comment is an expression of your personality. Your comment is your art.