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This seems related to why AI/Superintelligence has made me so depressed in recent days. After reading the Aschenbrenner summary, I feel as if all "why's" are b

This seems related to why AI/Superintelligence has made me so depressed in recent days. After reading the Aschenbrenner summary, I feel as if all "why's" are becoming irrelevant. I have all these projects, all these creative ambitions, but they seem silly if AI will be running/managing/curating/doing-everything for us in the future. And concerning 'anticipatory anxiety', the past year in AI makes me feel like the future is NEVER GOING TO STOP being deeply/awfully unsettling. Every time I put a new fear to rest about AI, another "development" seems to pop up. I have these games/projects I want to work on, but I just imagine AI creating all of it better than me. I imagine profound virtual realities that just make everything I'm doing (political/cultural simulation), seem elementary. I want these feelings to stop. I'm normally not THIS BOTHERED by AI. But I can't seem to find reassurance anywhere. Where will 'meaning' be in 10 years? 20 years? For anyone?

keiferski 2y ago
A big part of art is about expressing yourself. No matter how advanced AI gets, the ability to express yourself isn't going away.
- rpastuszak 2y ago
  Expressing yourself, but also changing oneself, exploring, and learning through the process. I don’t see how this could go away because of AI. Art as a product is a different matter though.
alfiedotwtf 2y ago
Seems like you’re focusing too much on the end goal rather than the craftsman’s journey. You know… you could build these games not for others, but for yourself, and just enjoy the learning and building process itself as a craft rather than releasing a game for fame and fortune
southernplaces7 2y ago
Considering the sheer stupidity of most AI chat capacity right now, and the saturation of media by visual AI sludge, to the point that it's starting to turn so many people off, I wouldn't worry just yet. I'm a photographer, (art photography) and as far as I can see, the medium is still very much alive and well despite generative AI and all its numerous extra fingers, or not. I worried about the same at first, but much less so right now. Humans will continue to love and support interesting endeavors by other humans, AI notwithstanding. I also work as a technical writer, and haven't yet seen much replacement of human writers for any higher-level content simply because programs like GPT either write with an absurd amount of contortion, or just hallucinate enough to be completely unreliable.
nuancebydefault 2y ago
When mechanical machines were starting to the jobs of 1000s of people, a lot of people were anxious as well. Looking back at it, there was no good reason to. Personally I'm quite excited about AI. I know that much of the work I do now/know will probably be automated after a few years, but there's always meta stuff that needs human agency and I believe that will never cease to be the case. The meaning of life? Try to keep others as well as yourself happy, content, excited,... it really can be a goal on itself without higher meaning. For example, try to learn and to teach, you will get much appreciation in return.
fsmv 2y ago
Superintelligence doesn't exist and isn't close to existing, as much as they are trying to hype it up

keiferski 2y ago

A big part of art is about expressing yourself. No matter how advanced AI gets, the ability to express yourself isn't going away.

rpastuszak 2y ago
Expressing yourself, but also changing oneself, exploring, and learning through the process. I don’t see how this could go away because of AI. Art as a product is a different matter though.

alfiedotwtf 2y ago

Seems like you’re focusing too much on the end goal rather than the craftsman’s journey. You know… you could build these games not for others, but for yourself, and just enjoy the learning and building process itself as a craft rather than releasing a game for fame and fortune

southernplaces7 2y ago

Considering the sheer stupidity of most AI chat capacity right now, and the saturation of media by visual AI sludge, to the point that it's starting to turn so many people off, I wouldn't worry just yet. I'm a photographer, (art photography) and as far as I can see, the medium is still very much alive and well despite generative AI and all its numerous extra fingers, or not. I worried about the same at first, but much less so right now. Humans will continue to love and support interesting endeavors by other humans, AI notwithstanding. I also work as a technical writer, and haven't yet seen much replacement of human writers for any higher-level content simply because programs like GPT either write with an absurd amount of contortion, or just hallucinate enough to be completely unreliable.

nuancebydefault 2y ago

When mechanical machines were starting to the jobs of 1000s of people, a lot of people were anxious as well. Looking back at it, there was no good reason to. Personally I'm quite excited about AI. I know that much of the work I do now/know will probably be automated after a few years, but there's always meta stuff that needs human agency and I believe that will never cease to be the case. The meaning of life? Try to keep others as well as yourself happy, content, excited,... it really can be a goal on itself without higher meaning. For example, try to learn and to teach, you will get much appreciation in return.

fsmv 2y ago

Superintelligence doesn't exist and isn't close to existing, as much as they are trying to hype it up