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Redditors Vent and Complain When People Mock Their "AI Art" (futurism.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Setting aside the usual arguments on the anti- and pro-AI art debate and the nature of creativity itself, perhaps the negative reaction that the Redditor encountered is part of a sea change in opinion among many people that think corporate AI platforms are exploitive and extractive in nature because their datasets rely on copyrighted material without the original artists' permission. And that's without getting into AI's negative drag on the environment.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean, apart from the "using massive amounts of energy" part, that is exactly what people said about the printing press.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

From what I understood, the fears surrounding the printing press (as well as other advancements throughout history related to information, text, & writing) were more about people being overloaded with information both false and/or true, or people becoming less studious/disciplined. (Link as an example)

https://slate.com/technology/2010/02/a-history-of-media-technology-scares-from-the-printing-press-to-facebook.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Further to "stealing massive amounts of creative work and calling it its own," this is what was said about the printing press:

https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/401189.html (see halfway down)

https://www.vox.com/2015/6/1/8697947/elizabethan-book-pirates

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing, those are indeed sources that I've never encountered before.