I had a similar, but slightly different thought about AI. Similar, because I was thinking that just like pictures are expected to be sourced, a post or a piece of artwork should be as well (which is sort of what you wrote about).
Different, perhaps, because I think there are probably ways to use AI that are acceptable. I equate it with the idea that thousands of people, millions really, have access to the same ideas but only a few of those people actually bring those ideas to fruition, are successful using them, or make them popular. I think that AI written posts and AI produced art are probably the same way. Anyone (or many people at least) can now access AI, but only a fraction of those people will actually be able to do something of value with it.
Rather than ban it here, I think it’s a good idea to create a standard where we expect it to be labeled, and those who choose to support it can.
If the post is purely made by AI, there's less human element into it beyond the prompt and numbers. I'd support the human imperfections and those trying hard to better their stuff. That's why I can't really decide to the extent on how much I pro or anti AI art considering AI artists can also be good at digital photo editing and AI art has problems with minor details such as hands and feet. If a digital artist were to use these tools for concept art, and fix up some of the errors and added more to the generated art, there's more transformative value there than just churning out plain generated art.
If I were an artist that had created several pieces and learned how to program my own AI to generate an art with my style, would the end product still be just an AI art when from start to finish the bulk of the creativity has been fueled by my own art. This is the detail that makes me rethink my stance on AI art.
That’s an interesting idea, to input your art or writing and then have AI generate things that would be likely to make.
Personally, I don’t want to use it, and if I were to use it, I would like to hold myself to a standard where I edited or altered or changed the content in some way, but I’m still on the fence as to whether holding other people to the same standard is necessary.
If an amazing movie we’re made entirely by AI, I think people would still flock to see it.
We want to be entertained. We want to be moved. We want good content, and if AI can give it to us, why not support it?
I think AI will just alter the way we use social media sites like this one. In order to stand out from AI (the current version of it anyway), we somehow have to prove we are humans, which sort of translates to exposing who we are.
I’ve always tried to stay somewhat anonymous online, despite dropping personal details here and there in comments. I’m not inclined to take the influencer approach and include myself in most or all of my photographs and videos, but moving forward, that might be necessary. I think it will be less about the content and more about the creator.
I don't disagree with this line of thinking.
AI will alter content consumption. There will be a market for AI content but the extent of its influenced would probably be extensive to the point that it's already everywhere just not that remarkable because of how much has been AI influenced. From business logos, to formal letters, and benign creative designs like infographic.
I'm relatively anon and only a few active users here has seen my face. I think it's a huge hurdle to be anon in a network that has everyone else revealing a piece of themselves and gain community trust faster for transparency so anons that make it big here tend to require a longer time to build that trust.
I agree. I think a lot of making yourself known here is done by grinding it out in Discord, too, which is something that I don’t like to do.
A lot of engagements are done on Discord because it doesn't charge you RC for low HP accounts that barely have a stake to work with. And Discord is where the kool kids are so it's a logical approach.
The RC issue. That’s something else that I hadn’t thought of. I got overwhelmed and stopped blogging here while a lot of these changes were implemented, so I often forget about things like RCs, etc.
I wonder how Peakd will work around that issue with their chat. Somebody has probably written about it. I’ll see what I can find out.
Have a good weekend.
I tried the app and it works as a discord substitute if Discord isn't accessible. I guess the selling point is just an encrypted chats since discord can still keep a record of your chats~ but that's the only thing remarkable for me about the app.