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Yeah, it's really baffling! The entire point of automation is to remove the boring jobs, not the emotionally fulfilling ones... Now, if they showcased Gemini w

Yeah, it's really baffling! The entire point of automation is to remove the boring jobs, not the emotionally fulfilling ones... Now, if they showcased Gemini writing a good legal complaint to the Mayor detailing police about, that'll get them some black customers for sure. Or they could show Gemini writing a reply to a HAO letter complaining about an untidy driveway, for that white suburbanite market.

jordanb 2y ago
It's interesting how from the very beginning of this AI hype cycle the focus has been on replacing human creativity. One theory I heard from Robert Evans is that a lot of the tech bros (Altman, Musk, Andreeson, etc) have developed their vision of the future they're working towards from dystopian sci-fi. This is a hard sell because it's.. dystopian. So they feel the need to preclude any other possible vision of the future by drowning it out with machine-generated dreck. I have another theory. My theory is this stuff doesn't really work for anything useful. Efforts to make AI drive cars or fold laundry have failed. But they have noticed that the randomness in the AI algorithms produces an effect that kinda feels like creativity so, you know, sell it to Hollywood.
- jerojero 2y ago
  I do think these tools are very good at providing good help for artists and creatives. I follow some really amazing creators on twitter that post works that are heavily gen-based. But yes, they're being used as tools. They don't "replace" your creative output they augment it. It would be interesting if these companies actually collaborated with people that are doing cool things with these tools. But then again, they might think the AI is not placing an important enough role in the creation process. But, I mean, that's exactly what I think people would see as a plus. For me, in this ad in particular, when it asked to come up with a training routine and such... that's good, that's helpful. Should have stayed with that.

jordanb 2y ago

It's interesting how from the very beginning of this AI hype cycle the focus has been on replacing human creativity. One theory I heard from Robert Evans is that a lot of the tech bros (Altman, Musk, Andreeson, etc) have developed their vision of the future they're working towards from dystopian sci-fi. This is a hard sell because it's.. dystopian. So they feel the need to preclude any other possible vision of the future by drowning it out with machine-generated dreck. I have another theory. My theory is this stuff doesn't really work for anything useful. Efforts to make AI drive cars or fold laundry have failed. But they have noticed that the randomness in the AI algorithms produces an effect that kinda feels like creativity so, you know, sell it to Hollywood.

jerojero 2y ago
I do think these tools are very good at providing good help for artists and creatives. I follow some really amazing creators on twitter that post works that are heavily gen-based. But yes, they're being used as tools. They don't "replace" your creative output they augment it. It would be interesting if these companies actually collaborated with people that are doing cool things with these tools. But then again, they might think the AI is not placing an important enough role in the creation process. But, I mean, that's exactly what I think people would see as a plus. For me, in this ad in particular, when it asked to come up with a training routine and such... that's good, that's helpful. Should have stayed with that.