@warandpeas

The problem is, I hate the way the AI industry treats artists, authors, and so on, but at the same time, the technology is really useful.

I鈥檓 not talking about AI junk, but really cool personal projects. In my case, of course, it鈥檚 more about programming.

@sam4000 @warandpeas Too fucking bad, sloperator.

@flesh @warandpeas

The current quality of AI-generated Code has nothing to do with ai slop, at least if you use the AI properly and don鈥檛 just rely on the app.

Media generation (images, audio, video) is mostly AI-generated sloppy work, just like the generation of books or any kind of art.

@sam4000 @warandpeas You like slop, I got that part.

@flesh @warandpeas

What is AI slop if not mass-produced content of mediocre or lower quality?

Especially in programming, the quality has long been quite good; of course, you still need someone to set the goals, structure, and everything else. So you can鈥檛 simply replace people with AI, as the PR claims鈥攖hat always results in drastic quality issues.

But of course, that doesn鈥檛 change the fact that companies are stealing intellectual property and forcing AI into nearly every product.

@sam4000 @warandpeas How can you see the problem, yet insist on being part of as well as defending it?

@flesh @warandpeas

I make a strict distinction between low-quality AI content & high-quality AI content, even though the underlying issues remain the same.

The world isn't black and white. AI, which is a very broad term to begin with, can mean so many different things. Specialized AI agents are simply different from bots that flood music platforms, websites, & social media with junk.

Even though you can, of course, use AI for sloppy coding, GitHub projects know all too well what that鈥檚 like.

@flesh @warandpeas

It鈥檚 like people who say they love the Harry Potter universe but hate the author.

That鈥檚 exactly the distinction between the work and the author or company.

And yes, I'm one of those people who despise J.K. Rowling, of course.