The best description I've heard of the goals of AI is this: "AI seeks to give capital access to talent while denying talent access to capital." The Bogart/Poe AI "movies" cut to the heart of the matter: tech bros are stealing from artists of all kinds & seeking not to replace writers, painters, film makers, etc. but all artists & art itself as a medium of human expression, not to mention as a way to make a living. Creatives in all mediums need to show solidarity if they expect to succeed in push back, let alone financial lawsuits.
Younger generation? Man, I'm a GenXer and I felt those words. I've never been able to clearly state how it makes me feel to know people have used AI in their art. Well said and explained. When I was in my teens and twenties, I would have thought it was genius - a new form of art! But I had Star Trek in my mind back then. The reality of the AI we've been handed is that it was developed underhandedly by unscrupulous people who do not care about anything but wealth.
I've avoided using AI and am not in a hurry to start using it. The fiction I've read written by AI is lousy with no soul or authorial voice. The biggest problem is the theft of intellectual property everything is based on. We need to come up with a fairer system to handle the base knowledge these systems use. You also correctly mention the horrendous amount of resources AI uses in both electricity and computer power. It's scary that coal fired power plants have had their lives extended to support AI data centers and generation of cryptocurrency.
The best description I've heard of the goals of AI is this: "AI seeks to give capital access to talent while denying talent access to capital." The Bogart/Poe AI "movies" cut to the heart of the matter: tech bros are stealing from artists of all kinds & seeking not to replace writers, painters, film makers, etc. but all artists & art itself as a medium of human expression, not to mention as a way to make a living. Creatives in all mediums need to show solidarity if they expect to succeed in push back, let alone financial lawsuits.
Younger generation? Man, I'm a GenXer and I felt those words. I've never been able to clearly state how it makes me feel to know people have used AI in their art. Well said and explained. When I was in my teens and twenties, I would have thought it was genius - a new form of art! But I had Star Trek in my mind back then. The reality of the AI we've been handed is that it was developed underhandedly by unscrupulous people who do not care about anything but wealth.
How could people at the MWA be so unaware??They charge a lot of money for a membership and for what? Where is the advocacy for writers?
Great post, Rob.
I've avoided using AI and am not in a hurry to start using it. The fiction I've read written by AI is lousy with no soul or authorial voice. The biggest problem is the theft of intellectual property everything is based on. We need to come up with a fairer system to handle the base knowledge these systems use. You also correctly mention the horrendous amount of resources AI uses in both electricity and computer power. It's scary that coal fired power plants have had their lives extended to support AI data centers and generation of cryptocurrency.