• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Imagine trying to convince someone to spend 5 years of their life learning to paint, instead of just waiting for technology to improve.

    You mean like they had to do for virtually all of human history? I can imagine it quite well.

    If artists are next to be this century’s town criers, that’s okay.

    This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. As if art was meaningless to humanity.

    I suppose you would have an AI paint over the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

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      4 months ago

      For virtually all of human history people brought their laundry to the riverside and beat it on rocks. This weird puritanism that “only humans should be allowed to draw pictures” is ridiculous.

      If an artist can create something hand-made and unique then they’ll be able to continue doing so. Same for people who make art for the love of making art, no one’s going to stop them. But that 90% of “artists” who create corporate logos or generic furry porn may disappear, I’m not going to shed a tear.

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      4 months ago

      Over it? No. I’m not in the habit of destroying works of art. But if in a few hundred years it needs to be restored, I’d prefer an AI does it instead of a human.

      Is your stance that art can only be done by humans?