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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago (9 children)

I actually think the "it's soulless... FOR NOW" panel is pretty important.

People who believe in the value of human creativity have been pretty casual about saying that AI generated work isn't as good as work created by a person, but what happens if in another iteration or two it actually CAN produce "good" "art"? Like, what happens if it's cranking out screenplays and paintings that DO pass muster? We've got to be prepared for that possibility, and try to act now to make sure that our world is structured around preserving human dignity on its own merits. The existence of a faster work-doing machine shouldn't necessitate that all human workers must now starve.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 0 points 6 days ago (3 children)

what happens if it’s cranking out screenplays and paintings that DO pass muster?

It's inevitable. Eventually we will be able to ask for, and then refine, the perfect TV show for our particular tastes. Want 'Buffy' but set in the Fallout universe with Dumbledore and Boromir? Give it a minute and you'll have it.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

It’s inevitable.

Nope. Think about the massive amount of computational grunt going into all these LLMs now, they're thrashing AI into every possible nook and cranny, desperate to find some place that makes actual profits. There's also a tremendous issue with gigo - AI learning on AI slop is never going to produce masterpieces.

Firmly in the dubious category here.

[–] AEsheron@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

It is definitely possible to create that. The question is, will it ever be profitable, or cheap enough to be user made/controlled? I doubt it. Tech growth isn't just limited by what's possible, but also by what's practical.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Then human interest will move on. Maybe to video games, or social VR spaces... I dunno, but it's the same principle of, say, photography zapping the attention of photorealistic painting, and other things draining attention from photography, or TV zapping novels. See azer's comment above, worded much better than I can.

On the flip side, I think the more likely scenario is these models will always run off the rails super easy, and need humans to guide them...

Think how neat that is. What if an individual writer (and an artist helper?) could make a TV show without a mega corporate budget and production studio, maybe even on their own computer for free? What if fans could make and share TV? Think of what that's already doing to the video game space, and we are not that far from that with current tooling like Wan 2.2.

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