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this one goes out to the arts & humanities (mander.xyz)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Matthew Dow Smith, whomever the fuck that is, has a sophisticated delusion about what's actually going on and he's incorporated it into his persecution complex. Not impressed.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Art itself isn't useless it's just incredibly replicable. There is so much good art out there that people don't need to consume crap.

It's like saying there is no money in being a footballer. Of course there is loads of money in being a footballer. But most people that play football don't make any money.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I mean they're kind of succeeding; with AI art, people no longer have to settle with Picasso looking artwork.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hooray, we've automated away one of the things that we do for fun and to bring people joy, now I can spend more time in the mines

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Just because something can be automated doesn't mean it can't be performed by humans still, especially if it's something you do for fun.

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