I don’t think I like the framing of oligarchs being incapable of what artists do, which is ‘create universes out of thin air.’ Creativity is something any human can do, and while it’s not lost on me that ruling elites are ghoulish and barely human themselves, the whole thing gives me ‘artists are the cultural elite’ vibes.
I think this folds into why ‘pro-AI’ sides of the debate get the most normies. If you’re not hyper online or theory brained you’re going to see artists dunking on a tool that personally really appeals to you, and not understand. You’ll interpret it as jealousy. You’ll engage in the debates further and when anti-AI advocates enshrine the act of creation as sacred and, importantly, unattainable to non-artists, you’ll rightfully see that as bunk and go further into the slop echochamber.
I don’t think I like the framing of oligarchs being incapable of what artists do, which is ‘create universes out of thin air.’ Creativity is something any human can do, and while it’s not lost on me that ruling elites are ghoulish and barely human themselves, the whole thing gives me ‘artists are the cultural elite’ vibes.
I think this folds into why ‘pro-AI’ sides of the debate get the most normies. If you’re not hyper online or theory brained you’re going to see artists dunking on a tool that personally really appeals to you, and not understand. You’ll interpret it as jealousy. You’ll engage in the debates further and when anti-AI advocates enshrine the act of creation as sacred and, importantly, unattainable to non-artists, you’ll rightfully see that as bunk and go further into the slop echochamber.