We already know, and it is a waste of air to keep pointing out, that everything coming out of the mouths of the venture capital freaks of the Silicon Valley and the LinkedIn influencers is a nightmarish sludge of inane nonsense. It’s a mix of blind tech enthusiasm (“This tech…
  • normal_user
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    7 days ago

    Interesting way to view AI. A development of the means of production that, in a way, proletarianizes artists.
    It makes you think about what our stance on AI’s development at lemmygrad should be.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      7 days ago

      Indeed, the article hits the nail on the head identifying the fact that AI is simply means of automation, and up to now there wasn’t a practical way to automate significant aspects of the artistic process, which allows for an artisanal industry to continue to exist. It’s also absolutely correct that using things like DRM and copyright laws to try and stop the use of AI is fundamentally misguided. Artists need to realize that their interests now lie with the working majority.