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This is an interesting take! I feel like almost none of the value I get out of a piece of media is knowing who/what made it. I think media either stands on its
by ziddoap 2y ago
This is an interesting take!
I feel like almost none of the value I get out of a piece of media is knowing who/what made it. I think media either stands on its own merit or it doesn't.
It could be made by monkeys on typewriters, AI, whatever. The media itself is what matters to me, or makes me feel emotions, etc. Not the fact that a human made it. It just so happens that I haven't experienced media made by AI (or monkeys on typewriters) that is as good as the stuff made by humans. But I don't think that'll hold forever.
A shitty movie still sucks even if made by someone I am impressed by or relate to. One of my favorite book series as a kid was written by someone I now have zero respect for, yet I can and still do enjoy the books. And I'm sure I'd still enjoy those same books if they were written exactly the same way but by a different author or AI.
However, this is the first time I've really thought much about it, so my opinion might be different after some further introspection.
- parpfish 2y agoI don’t judge the quality of the work based on the weather the creator was a “good person”, but rather that there’s a person at all
- ziddoap 2y agoI get what you were saying. I was just mulling over the general idea in my comment. Caring about who made it or caring about what made it are pretty close questions in my mind, so I touched on both, hoping that maybe it would lead to more conversation.
- parpfish 2y agoa related thing i've thought about: imagine that there was an AI that could generate infinite funny cat gifs. do you still like the gifs as much knowing that the cats are real? is it any different from people posting staged videos and trying to pass them off as real?