The Poetry Camera uses AI to make poems out of photographs and it's actually pretty cool

[anon77190095]

I’m sure someone has tried vogon poetry by now.

[anon15383236]

Thanks for the follow-up, and “zombified” does make sense. Seems to me too like so much “art” now is soulless, inhuman. Might as well be made by a machine. But in the process, yes indeed, fewer and fewer people seem to care whether a human artist is the creator, and all that goes along with that human element. Like, if a machine makes it and it’s just as good, what’s the diiference, dude? Whatever!

But of course it should make a difference. What are we losing by increasingly thinking that way? And how can we get people to see and care about that loss?

[anon15383236]

And also:

[anon33176345]

@anon61221983

it’s pretty clear that the culture industries would replace creative work if they could… …They very much would replace as much creative work as possible with AIs if they could, hence the demands by the guilds.

I absolutely agree. But, at the moment, AI is not capable of filling that role (and I am glad that is the case). However they are closer to replacing some of the roles that even established writers are currently doing, creative writing teaching. For example, a prospective student could be persuaded to accept the synthetic-personal teaching that an AI system could provide at the other end of a portal (24 hour access to a tutor, tailored to replicate the styles of various authors etc., etc.). And, in my opinion, that would create more immediate damage to writing than a future potential threat where all writers are made redundant.
I do not think this is inevitable or acceptable and I do not think that it is in anyway beneficial.

@TornPaperNapkin

I’m able to do what I do because I was good or better at something people valued more

Good for you, I am not in the same boat. I occasionally sell drawings and prints; I have been involved in various group shows, however, I do not believe, even with greater effort to market my work, I be able to survive on sales alone. And I am okay with that.
However my point was that AI is a closer threat to the jobs that artists do to keep the wolf from the door, than it is to the arts. Which ultimately cuts the arts off at the knees.

AGAIN
I do not think this is inevitable or acceptable and I do not think that it is in anyway beneficial.

[anon61221983]

@anon33176345

But, at the moment, AI is not capable of filling that role (and I am glad that is the case).

Agreed, but I’m not sure that matters. The capitalist class has bought what the AI companies are selling, and will try and figure out a way to replace as much of the creative work as they can.

@anon33176345

And, in my opinion, that would create more immediate damage to writing than a future potential threat where all writers are made redundant.

Again, I agree, but they don’t care about damage to writing. They care about cutting out as much labor as they can, to ensure greater profits for themselves.

@anon33176345

I do not think this is inevitable or acceptable and I do not think that it is in anyway beneficial.

I agree, but we have to understand what they are thinking, not accept it as inevitable. It will be if we believe it can’t happen and don’t take the threat seriously. But one here said it was inevitable, but that it’s a possibility and that there are people (powerful people) working to make it a reality. Ignoring that won’t help either.