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[–] 5 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Then what is inherently wrong with slop for a meme? There's plenty to criticize from a materialist standpoint, but it's important that we maintain that standpoint.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 hours ago* (2 children)

    I think this usage of gen AI is bad because it produces pure slop and further normalises gen AI slop even in leftist circles. I think AI-slop is bad due to the resources required to produce it as well as it helping advance the legitimisation of gen-AI "art", which alleviates pressure on large companies to avoid it, which then leads to them using gen AI slop instead of something produced by artists.
    I think "slop" for memes are bad because memes have potential to be more than mere brainrot, but since the medium is part of the message and the medium of AI-slop sends a message that the contents are so unserious the creator could not even be bothered to do the bare minimum of work, then the content can be dismissed immediately - It makes for bad agitprop.

    I am not against all AI all the time. I am against frivolous usage of something that fucks up the climate, requires the construction of massive data centres - especially during a time where all resources ought to be directed towards climate change - and I think we have to be mindful of how automation fucks up the job market, while we live in a world where it is a bad thing when people have to do less work.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

    So, if someone generates an image on their laptop using solar power, using locally run hardware, is it still inherently wrong? What is the advantage to artisinally fashioning a meme with the same message, when memes are inherently a low-effort, mass-produced form of social expression?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 minutes ago

    So, if someone generates an image on their laptop using solar power, using locally run hardware, is it still inherently wrong?

    It is not inherently wrong. In your use case I would have less issue with it.

    What is the advantage to artisinally fashioning a meme with the same message, when memes are inherently a low-effort, mass-produced form of social expression?

    I am sorry, but I struggle to see how I did not answer this with the "the medium is part of the message" part.

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