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More people would be "lucky enough to have the time to hone skills" if investment in AI were directed towards solving actual problems. As a former professional

by rewgs 2y ago

More people would be "lucky enough to have the time to hone skills" if investment in AI were directed towards solving actual problems. As a former professional musician, let me tell you: the skills are not the problem here. People don't not make art because they don't have the skills. They don't make art because they have nothing to say, nothing to express. The skills are a byproduct of having a worldview, a perspective. And unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) AI can't help anyone with that.

falcolas 2y ago
I don't necessarily disagree with your viewpoint, but sometimes the lack of a proper voice makes it impossible to identify that you have a perspective that can be expressed. Iterating to get the right output from a prompt- and waiting for the output to be generated - is not an instantaneous endeavor. How much improvement could someone see if they dedicated that time to drawing or writing practice instead?
- rewgs 2y ago
  > I don't necessarily disagree with your viewpoint, but sometimes the lack of a proper voice makes it impossible to identify that you have a perspective that can be expressed. Developing a "voice" is done, at least partially, via honing one's craft, as well as engaging with art made by other people and cultures. The former is antithetical to prompting, and the latter is actively being destroyed by AI. I can't help but feel that this strange insistence by industry that AI be used to all but usurp art ultimately comes from a place of jealousy, and/or due to the fact that some intelligent-to-Americans-sounding British voice saying something like "we're operating at the intersection of art and technology..." at some TedX talk causes VCs to turn out their wallets.
  - Jensson 2y ago
    > I can't help but feel that this strange insistence by industry that AI be used to all but usurp art ultimately comes from a place of jealousy No, it is because replacing art is easier than replacing other jobs, that is the only reason. If they could they would replace something way more lucrative to them, but as is replacing artists is the thing they can do so that is what they do.

by rewgs 2y ago

falcolas 2y ago

I don't necessarily disagree with your viewpoint, but sometimes the lack of a proper voice makes it impossible to identify that you have a perspective that can be expressed. Iterating to get the right output from a prompt- and waiting for the output to be generated - is not an instantaneous endeavor. How much improvement could someone see if they dedicated that time to drawing or writing practice instead?

rewgs 2y ago
> I don't necessarily disagree with your viewpoint, but sometimes the lack of a proper voice makes it impossible to identify that you have a perspective that can be expressed. Developing a "voice" is done, at least partially, via honing one's craft, as well as engaging with art made by other people and cultures. The former is antithetical to prompting, and the latter is actively being destroyed by AI. I can't help but feel that this strange insistence by industry that AI be used to all but usurp art ultimately comes from a place of jealousy, and/or due to the fact that some intelligent-to-Americans-sounding British voice saying something like "we're operating at the intersection of art and technology..." at some TedX talk causes VCs to turn out their wallets.
- Jensson 2y ago
  > I can't help but feel that this strange insistence by industry that AI be used to all but usurp art ultimately comes from a place of jealousy No, it is because replacing art is easier than replacing other jobs, that is the only reason. If they could they would replace something way more lucrative to them, but as is replacing artists is the thing they can do so that is what they do.