Lucie / minutethe argument "but you're also no longer using a fountain pen to write" against hand-written code is silly to me. i think close to 100% of people would rather read a short story written in fountain pen by octavia e. butler or william gibson than something that a rando ai-prompted? they could even take their time, why would it need to be rushed?
lynn@mntmn these arguments are forever tainted because they come from the direction of optimization of 'work', classifies art as 'work', and establishes a worth-ness to it in monetary value rather than value to humanity. it is terrifying because it lays bare how our system of governance and economies goes against the very concept of being a human
Christian Schneider@lynn @mntmn So much THIS.
"But you can create so much more STUFF in a much shorter time with AI!!!11!"
... Right, but what kind of "stuff" are we talking about? The next shitty social network? Some kind of "helper" that makes a stupid process easier to deal with, instead of fixing the stupid process? The millionth crappy rip-off of some game? Anything else that nobody needs, except for the person trying to make a quick buck with it?
Even if their brains are only capable of thinking in capitalist mantra the AI dudes could at least stop telling others that their (shitty) version of the future is inevitable and the one and only thing that will exist in "a few years". Even if the bubble doesn't burst spectacularly, there will always be a market for human made stuff, because some of us don't just want more shit, but to cherish the thought and effort someone has put into something.
"But you can create so much more STUFF in a much shorter time with AI!!!11!"
... Right, but what kind of "stuff" are we talking about? The next shitty social network? Some kind of "helper" that makes a stupid process easier to deal with, instead of fixing the stupid process? The millionth crappy rip-off of some game? Anything else that nobody needs, except for the person trying to make a quick buck with it?
Even if their brains are only capable of thinking in capitalist mantra the AI dudes could at least stop telling others that their (shitty) version of the future is inevitable and the one and only thing that will exist in "a few years". Even if the bubble doesn't burst spectacularly, there will always be a market for human made stuff, because some of us don't just want more shit, but to cherish the thought and effort someone has put into something.