1. It’s too late. There is no going back no matter the risks. We can work to manage those risks by putting in a regulatory framework, but people that think we are going to be going back to pre-AI days are deluding themselves.

2. The concept of ownership is a capitalist conceit. All the artists worried about their art…

Indeed. I share your concerns. Due to Joe Manchin, Democrats were unable to pass the For the People Act to protect voting rights, or even the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. And Republicans will have had four years to refine their process to subvert the will of the voters. I take some solace in the fact that…

Nah.

Now do UB40!

At least take away his gun.

I think NFTs and Cryto is trash and should be abolished.  But I am intrigued by what AI can do as a tool (not a replacement), particular as it becomes more sophisticated.

Actually, that is exactly what they are doing.  It may be ethically dubious, but I doubt there will be any regulation to prevent it from happening.  Even if there is regulation, I think people will be able to find a way around it.  Pirating still exists even though there has been multiple international efforts to stop…

Sadly, it doesn’t matter what artists or other creative people think.  If history is any indication, AI will be utilized the same way other automated processes have been.

Hip hop’s use of sampling in the late 70s and early 80s was essential to the genre’s emergence as an art form. Similarly, the use of AI in artistic pursuits is a tool for artists to create groundbreaking works. Like sampling, AI should be viewed as a tool that enhances traditional methods and allows for new levels…

Your comment doesn’t have near enough stars.

A friend of mine used to run a Public Access Station in the aughts. Then everyone got a video camera in their phone and access to Youtube and guess what he doesn’t do any more?

‘It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.’ Upton Sinclair

There is also a gate-keeping quality to the anti-AI arguments.  I would love to create my own animated movies by importing text into an AI, but the professionals depend on the pre-AI paradigm to pay the bills.

That makes sense.

How can you not like the original?  Without it, there would be no Mario Kart.

How is that different than a human training and learning to emulate an artist’s style?

You’re taking a highly nuanced situation and boiling it down to some rather simple-minded conclusions.

I’m with you.  Never understood the desire to make games more and more photo realistic.  I enjoyed PS Spider-Man, but the graphics were just off in trying to look too realistic.  Considering how great Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse looked, it really is a missed opportunity.

Maybe he can get Chappell to open for him?

It’s...not good. I looked it up thinking that since people were raving about it that it would be good. It was not. This, on the other hand: