(OC) AI 'art' and the future

[u/SylvieXX]

Could be controversial but I'm just gonna say it... I don't like AI... and for me it was never about it not looking good. There are obviously more factors to this whole thing, like about people losing jobs, about how the whole thing is just stealing, and everything like that but I'm just focusing on one fundamental aspect that I think about a lot... I just wanted to draw what I feel...! 🥲🥲 Sorry about the cringe but I actually live for cringe 💖

[u/illogicalhawk]

One fundamental issue with the algorithm showing and reinforcing things you already know and like is that it's limiting. How small would your world and tastes be if you never tried something new, something outside your comfort zone, something that you didn't already know you'd like?

We're all much more diverse and interesting people because we've taken "risks" and experienced new things. Not all of them work for us, but that at least shows you're trying and open to growth.

[u/boogswald → u/illogicalhawk]

People’s tastes are already forced and limited, sometimes they do it themselves and sometimes they just don’t care to access more than what they know. There are people who only listen to music from the 70s and 80s. The new music isn’t good in their eyes… but they haven’t even looked at new music and tried it. They limit themselves. Zeppelin is the best band ever so why would I ever listen to Geordie Greep or Black Country New Roads? Why would I go see Poor Things? That movie sounds weird.

Sometimes tastes are forced externally though too. If you really really seek out art, you’re still going to be limited by the amount of time you have to try to appreciate it and you’re gonna end up making choices based on other people’s perception, whether that be what is marketed to you or what you find from critics or forums or whatever.

My conclusion from this…. People are going to love really lazy AI art that reinforces them. AI that sounds like white rappers talking about gaming is gonna be really popular versus a billy woods album. I really feel, without anything to confirm this, that people are getting lazier in how they approach art and there’s a huge availability to truly satisfy customers with thoughtless AI slop.