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One of the other things is that all the automation appears to be extracting all the joy out of life. Why paint a picture or take a photograph when AI will do i

One of the other things is that all the automation appears to be extracting all the joy out of life. Why paint a picture or take a photograph when AI will do it for you? Why design and build an application that will solve creative problems when an AI will do it? You should just review automated PRs. Rather than, why go into the asbestos removal business and destroy your lungs when we have AI to do it and you can spend your time learning the guitar?

tivert 3y ago
> One of the other things is that all the automation appears to be extracting all the joy out of life. > Why paint a picture or take a photograph when AI will do it for you? Yeah the tech fetishists think everyone should be awed and happy with the "beautiful" pictures the "AI" they made can generate, and reward them with copious back-pats (nevermind the output is crap and the tech boosters like them because they have no taste), but all they actually accomplish is to turn once-enjoyable things to ash. It's like how you can't even buy good quality basic clothes anymore, even if you want to, because everything is either flimsy cost-reduced crap or a Veblen good. For instance, I'm starting to actively loathe header images, because they're getting replaced with "AI" generated garbage that (if it grabs my attention) always disappoints. People used to either not not have one or at least search around for a good photo or art image or something, but now many just throw up "AI" generated botshit to check a box one some "increase engagement" guide.
- starbugs 3y ago
  > I'm starting to actively loathe header images Header or “hero” images were always a bad idea. With or without AI.
disqard 3y ago
I'll break out one of my favorite Douglas Adams excerpts: "The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes for you, thus saving you the bother of washing them yourself, video recorders watched tedious television for you, thus saving you the bother of looking at it yourself; Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe." You've articulated a subtle point that few (so far) are amplifying -- many of these "creative things" that we're having "GenAI" generate for us are the sort of things we want to do, for our own pleasure, even (especially?) when nobody pays us to do it. Supplanting those activities via "GenAI" is not a "win".

tivert 3y ago

> One of the other things is that all the automation appears to be extracting all the joy out of life. > Why paint a picture or take a photograph when AI will do it for you? Yeah the tech fetishists think everyone should be awed and happy with the "beautiful" pictures the "AI" they made can generate, and reward them with copious back-pats (nevermind the output is crap and the tech boosters like them because they have no taste), but all they actually accomplish is to turn once-enjoyable things to ash. It's like how you can't even buy good quality basic clothes anymore, even if you want to, because everything is either flimsy cost-reduced crap or a Veblen good. For instance, I'm starting to actively loathe header images, because they're getting replaced with "AI" generated garbage that (if it grabs my attention) always disappoints. People used to either not not have one or at least search around for a good photo or art image or something, but now many just throw up "AI" generated botshit to check a box one some "increase engagement" guide.

starbugs 3y ago
> I'm starting to actively loathe header images Header or “hero” images were always a bad idea. With or without AI.

disqard 3y ago

I'll break out one of my favorite Douglas Adams excerpts: "The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes for you, thus saving you the bother of washing them yourself, video recorders watched tedious television for you, thus saving you the bother of looking at it yourself; Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe." You've articulated a subtle point that few (so far) are amplifying -- many of these "creative things" that we're having "GenAI" generate for us are the sort of things we want to do, for our own pleasure, even (especially?) when nobody pays us to do it. Supplanting those activities via "GenAI" is not a "win".