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> human uniqueness is being eroded Why does this bother so many people? The more we learn about life on our own tiny planet, and when you consider the size of

by squigz 3y ago

> human uniqueness is being eroded Why does this bother so many people? The more we learn about life on our own tiny planet, and when you consider the size of the universe... certainly we're not very unique at all. So what? I don't think it should change anything.

jamez 3y ago
I'm probably not the best person to elaborate on why societal anxieties arise every time our place in the universe shrinks. I guess observing reactions to copernican heliocentrism could be a good starting point. We're witnessing something similar, and while we may accept it at the individual level, the objections of the many will stir painful reactions.
- squigz 3y ago
  Fair enough. I suppose understanding why any individual reacts the way they do would be a good starting point too, though.
- airstrike 3y ago
  This is so well said I can clearly picture it as a paragraph next to this exhibit in a museum or gallery (sorry I keep to exhibit your work but I just can't help it at this point...)
__loam 3y ago
It bothers us because most of us have basic empathy. Also to train on the work of every artist then lament how human art resembles art generated by a machine trained to reproduce that art strikes me as a bit tone deaf.
- squigz 3y ago
  > It bothers us because most of us have basic empathy I'm not really sure what empathy has to do with this? > Also to train on the work of every artist then lament how human art resembles art generated by a machine trained to reproduce that art strikes me as a bit tone deaf. Who did this?
  - __loam 3y ago
    > I'm not really sure what empathy has to do with this? https://youtu.be/rjA5A86V6SY https://youtu.be/rjA5A86V6SY > Who did this? "I can't shake away the feeling that human uniqueness is being eroded and that we risk facing a crisis of meaning" In the original post.
squigz 3y ago
Bit funny that people will downvote this, or tell me I lack empathy... but won't attempt to explain "why"

by squigz 3y ago

jamez 3y ago

I'm probably not the best person to elaborate on why societal anxieties arise every time our place in the universe shrinks. I guess observing reactions to copernican heliocentrism could be a good starting point. We're witnessing something similar, and while we may accept it at the individual level, the objections of the many will stir painful reactions.

squigz 3y ago
Fair enough. I suppose understanding why any individual reacts the way they do would be a good starting point too, though.
airstrike 3y ago
This is so well said I can clearly picture it as a paragraph next to this exhibit in a museum or gallery (sorry I keep to exhibit your work but I just can't help it at this point...)

__loam 3y ago

It bothers us because most of us have basic empathy. Also to train on the work of every artist then lament how human art resembles art generated by a machine trained to reproduce that art strikes me as a bit tone deaf.

squigz 3y ago
> It bothers us because most of us have basic empathy I'm not really sure what empathy has to do with this? > Also to train on the work of every artist then lament how human art resembles art generated by a machine trained to reproduce that art strikes me as a bit tone deaf. Who did this?
- __loam 3y ago
  > I'm not really sure what empathy has to do with this? https://youtu.be/rjA5A86V6SY https://youtu.be/rjA5A86V6SY > Who did this? "I can't shake away the feeling that human uniqueness is being eroded and that we risk facing a crisis of meaning" In the original post.

squigz 3y ago

Bit funny that people will downvote this, or tell me I lack empathy... but won't attempt to explain "why"