brib ​ Mar 24
"without ai, how can ordinary people do this?!?" asks the tech pundit about a skill many ordinary people have learned
Show threadWim🧮3h ago
@brib which skill?
Show threadbrib ​ 2h ago

@wim_v12e

I think originally I wrote this in response to a slop version of the werehouse meme. One commenter remarked how it was great AI exists because nobody would have made this kind of picture before, but the meme was actually a plagiarised version of a photochopped meme that has been around for several years.

It's also a common refrain around a lot of AI booster circles. "Without AI, who would be making apps?". "Without AI, how can you make music!". "AI is democratising art because it was so hard before!". Etcetcetc

Show threadWim🧮
@brib Thanks for explaining. I was just curious what skills the pundits claim AI is replacing.
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Show threadbrib ​ 2h ago
@wim_v12e The suno CEO made this claim about music
CEO of Song-Generating AI App Says People “Don’t Enjoy” Making Music With Instruments

Mikey Shulman, the CEO of AI music generator company Suno AI, argued that most people don't enjoy the "majority of time" making music.

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Show threadbrib ​ 2h ago
@wim_v12e And Mike Masnick makes this claim about web dev
AI Might Be Our Best Shot At Taking Back The Open Web

I remember, pretty clearly, my excitement over the early World Wide Web. I had been on the internet for a year or two at that point, mostly using IRC, Usenet, and Gopher (along with email, naturall…

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Show threadWim🧮2h ago
@brib oh yes, I've seen that one floating around. I took it as a way for the author to justify their use of genAI.
Show threadWim🧮2h ago
@brib He clearly never heard of punk :-D