aw man. I think AI is neat, but you're right that people oversell what it actually is capable of. I first got into AI as a way to facilitate more randomness in roleplay groups--so basically, as a glorified generator--and I still think that's what it's best for. It helps me with brainstorming when I'm stuck and I know illustrators who use it the same way, to quickly come up with thumbnails that they'll springboard off of.
I also know someone who creates AI art because she has health problems that prevent her from spending the amount of time she used to on painting and drawing. She's up front about this fact but she gets soooooo much hate and suicide baiting for it.
Which, of course, shows that you're right that people want art that's created by real humans. But still, if people want to be certain whether content is created by an AI or a human, they should probably not suicide bait the people who admit they use AI... that's not going to encourage more people to disclose, you know?
And your book looks right up my alley, oh no. Guess I know what I'm asking for for mother's day. hey, kids....
This might be my favorite of your posts so far. Thank you for writing it. It showed up in my inbox just when I needed it; I've been struggling to make my own art in light of the concerns you mentioned, among others.
Also, I have my copy of ISABEL already and am looking forward to reading it!
E.T.A.: This is also why the idea of chatbots instead of real therapists is really depressing to me.
I appreciate your optimism about surviving AI but it seems quaint somehow. The analogy of watching sports and needing to know a real human is involved is a compelling thought, but since sport is form of competition, I found myself thinking about war. Once, to be a warrior required a certain set of abilities and qualities such as courage and valor. War was once a near ritual with armies facing off on "fields of battle" and I would say that there was a time when war was only partially about winning. It was also about the glorious forms that were employed and the heroism of its participants. That sort of thinking became ridiculously outmoded a long time ago. Today, war can be prosecuted from an office by office workers who operate drones and other robots that deliver deadly strikes with pinpoint accuracy thousands of miles away, and in the modern way of thinking, nobody cares about bravery or heroism or the techniques that are used as long as your side wins. I think AI will be like that in all the fields of human endeavor. On the subject of the arts, every art form is already dominated by "pastiche" which I think is another word for "sampling." This has become the standard approach and the vast majority of consumers of movies and comics and novels do not seem particularly bothered by the fact that we have musicians who can't play an instrument and visual artists who rely on borrowed images and motifs, and movies that are stylized remakes of older movies and novelists who, I assume, are merely apps. I think the arts are becoming ever cheaper, more disposable and phonier, most people think of "art" purely as entertainment now, and I'm horrified that AI will accelerate all these trends.
This is so great. I'm not worried about AI taking over for human writers. My concerns surrounding AI are more related to this: "We don't want content, we want communication."
I hope this is the case but, I sense the hunger for content--a simple entertaining presence that scratches the itch of loneliness/boredom--may eclipse the need for sincere communication.
aw man. I think AI is neat, but you're right that people oversell what it actually is capable of. I first got into AI as a way to facilitate more randomness in roleplay groups--so basically, as a glorified generator--and I still think that's what it's best for. It helps me with brainstorming when I'm stuck and I know illustrators who use it the same way, to quickly come up with thumbnails that they'll springboard off of.
I also know someone who creates AI art because she has health problems that prevent her from spending the amount of time she used to on painting and drawing. She's up front about this fact but she gets soooooo much hate and suicide baiting for it.
Which, of course, shows that you're right that people want art that's created by real humans. But still, if people want to be certain whether content is created by an AI or a human, they should probably not suicide bait the people who admit they use AI... that's not going to encourage more people to disclose, you know?
And your book looks right up my alley, oh no. Guess I know what I'm asking for for mother's day. hey, kids....
This might be my favorite of your posts so far. Thank you for writing it. It showed up in my inbox just when I needed it; I've been struggling to make my own art in light of the concerns you mentioned, among others.
Also, I have my copy of ISABEL already and am looking forward to reading it!
E.T.A.: This is also why the idea of chatbots instead of real therapists is really depressing to me.
I appreciate your optimism about surviving AI but it seems quaint somehow. The analogy of watching sports and needing to know a real human is involved is a compelling thought, but since sport is form of competition, I found myself thinking about war. Once, to be a warrior required a certain set of abilities and qualities such as courage and valor. War was once a near ritual with armies facing off on "fields of battle" and I would say that there was a time when war was only partially about winning. It was also about the glorious forms that were employed and the heroism of its participants. That sort of thinking became ridiculously outmoded a long time ago. Today, war can be prosecuted from an office by office workers who operate drones and other robots that deliver deadly strikes with pinpoint accuracy thousands of miles away, and in the modern way of thinking, nobody cares about bravery or heroism or the techniques that are used as long as your side wins. I think AI will be like that in all the fields of human endeavor. On the subject of the arts, every art form is already dominated by "pastiche" which I think is another word for "sampling." This has become the standard approach and the vast majority of consumers of movies and comics and novels do not seem particularly bothered by the fact that we have musicians who can't play an instrument and visual artists who rely on borrowed images and motifs, and movies that are stylized remakes of older movies and novelists who, I assume, are merely apps. I think the arts are becoming ever cheaper, more disposable and phonier, most people think of "art" purely as entertainment now, and I'm horrified that AI will accelerate all these trends.
This is so great. I'm not worried about AI taking over for human writers. My concerns surrounding AI are more related to this: "We don't want content, we want communication."
I hope this is the case but, I sense the hunger for content--a simple entertaining presence that scratches the itch of loneliness/boredom--may eclipse the need for sincere communication.