I don’t get this. AI bros talk about how “in the near future” no one will “need” to be a writer, a filmmaker or a musician anymore, as you’ll be able to generate your own media with your own parameters and preferences on the fly. This, to me, feels like such an insane opinion. How can someone not value the ingenuity and creativity behind a work of art? Do these people not see or feel the human behind it all? And are these really opinions that you’ve encountered outside of the internet?

  • agent_nycto@lemmy.world
    11·
    17 hours ago

    Dude artists are some of the most broke people out there, to the point where the starving artist is a trope, what are you smoking?

    • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      13 hours ago

      I only smoke consume nicotine, water and food, cheers. I’ve heard of the trope but have never seen a contemporary example IRL or even not IRL if I think about it.

      See my response to a similar question here: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/15822412

      I understand it’s “common knowledge” but I’ve been questioning it for a while.

      I’m happy to be proven wrong if you’d be willing, but so far I’ve not been and as such I’m not sure this trope has any resemblance to reality in the modern day.