Yes, but look what joy its bringing people. If that identical image had been made by a human, we’d praise its creativity and composition.
AI has many problems, the way it is used is often evil. But I think it’s not too unfathomable to say that it should not be condemned in 100% of all cases. An image like that one could be generated on my own computer, for less power than it takes to play a video game for 5 minutes. The image is clearly unique enough so as not to be stealing from an established artist or doing harm to them. And the result is that it brings inspiration and joy to many people.
Like I said, I know AI is doing a lot of harm to the world right now, but it also has a lot of potential to be used in a positive way. If we condemn it even in positive cases, all we do is equalize positive outcomes and negative ones, creating no room for eventual improvement. We ostracize the people who might use AI in pro-social ways, eventually leading to a dynamic where the only AI users are people who don’t care about it’s social impact. If that happens, we will have wasted our opportunity to get something good out of the technology by allowing it to be used only by careless people.
I hope anyone reading this will at least consider the idea I’m putting forth and not see me as some “AI bro” or villain. It is wise and healthy not to see the world in black and white even when we find comfort in doing so.
Yes, but look what joy its bringing people. If that identical image had been made by a human, we’d praise its creativity and composition.
AI has many problems, the way it is used is often evil. But I think it’s not too unfathomable to say that it should not be condemned in 100% of all cases. An image like that one could be generated on my own computer, for less power than it takes to play a video game for 5 minutes. The image is clearly unique enough so as not to be stealing from an established artist or doing harm to them. And the result is that it brings inspiration and joy to many people.
Like I said, I know AI is doing a lot of harm to the world right now, but it also has a lot of potential to be used in a positive way. If we condemn it even in positive cases, all we do is equalize positive outcomes and negative ones, creating no room for eventual improvement. We ostracize the people who might use AI in pro-social ways, eventually leading to a dynamic where the only AI users are people who don’t care about it’s social impact. If that happens, we will have wasted our opportunity to get something good out of the technology by allowing it to be used only by careless people.
I hope anyone reading this will at least consider the idea I’m putting forth and not see me as some “AI bro” or villain. It is wise and healthy not to see the world in black and white even when we find comfort in doing so.
Slopaganda 🙄
It didn’t bring me joy tho. I found out it was ai and went ‘ugh’