I’ve been thinking a lot about this episode in the context of AI-driven entertainment and the likely turn to power fantasy wish fulfillment that would entail: the users who essentially want to use AI to put their faces on Iron Man’s body (or similar) while putting the faces of hated teachers / coworkers / people who reject them on the bodies of enemies and so forth…I feel this episode was a big glimpse into the ideology of a particular breed of media creator*.
The upshot here being that there wouldn’t be any real storytelling or sharing of experience, no understanding through metaphor or allegory: just masturbatory self-indulgence.
I dunno, not a complete thought, but a hunch.
*And by media creator here I don’t actually mean artists or writers - quite the oposite. More like the AI hype fans who don’t see a problem with the plagiaristic aspects of this technology - those who, as one person put it [sorry, not sure of the attribution] feel entitled to the creative work of others without any sort of compensation or credit.
