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We should have bullied A24 way harder when they used ai fro the brutalist you give these freaks a hand they want an arm next

The uses from 10 years ago made sense. Using AI to track how tumors grow and respond to treatment to improve treatment, or automating tedious data tasks... The uses made popular this year make no sense. And the AI is terrible now. It's like the output doesn't matter.

Yeah, its partly because "AI" has become a marketing buzzword. Machine Learning and LLMs used to be more distinctly labeled. Heck LLMs used to be purely for spell check, grammar and syntax correction or auto-complete. Now people are replacing human interaction and outsourcing their thinking.

I remember when image generators were trained only on public domain images or submissions by people to the databases. The results were far from realistic and the purpose wasn't to generate custom images so much as research ways to make computers acheive General Artificial Intelligence.

I understand and agree with the general sentiment, I avoid AI, but I'd also argue that how you choose to use it is important when it comes to this statement. Many people are able to use AI to help deliver artistic visions that they may be unable to physically deliver themselves, due to disability.

The problem with that idea is the way generative AI works is closer to commissioning an artist/writer etc. I see lots of people who can't physically draw scoff at the idea of putting their creative output into poetry or prose. They want to monetize the results, not express themselves.

It also seems like ripe subject matter for exploitation, using AI to produce work that is critical of AI. I agree with the general point though, if you rely on AI entirely, with incredibly minimal human input (where the application of AI makes your input negligible), it's pointless and fraudulent.