Agreed. Obviously mega corporations suck, but AI as a technology does not NEED to be unethical. It sucks that because people want to hate on mega corps (rightfully so) they feel justified in tacking on any flawed argument they want to against AI.
People have issues separating out complex bundles of issues into their separate threads and dealing with them individually. It’s much easier to keep it all jumbled together and pass judgement on the whole lot. It’s lazy thinking, which is ironically contrary to the virtues so frequently espoused in these arguments.
Furthermore, like you said, many people have strong opinions on the issue despite not really having any understanding of the philosophy of art, history of art, or the technology itself. It boils down to the same sort of layperson’s gibberish that gives us other bad takes like “abstract art isn’t art, my dog could paint that!” or “this performance art is just a tax evasion scheme!”. It reveals the tastelessness of the accuser. It’s extremely frustrating that these people always present themselves as true art enjoyers, when in fact they are not.
It reminds me of a time I was at the symphony, and the opening piece was a very avant garde one. It displayed wonderful chromaticism, really emotional chaotic passages, clever balancing of orchestral timbres…I study and compose classical music, I know music theory quite deeply, and for me it was a lovely piece. When it was over, this old lady next to me, all dressed up, complained that “that was just noise, not even music”, and got all indignant about the bastardization of art. I’m sure she would have said the same thing at the debut of Rite of Spring, which she now undoubtedly “admires” and upholds as a masterwork. I would be surprised if she could name the notes of the key of C major. Yet it is precisely her lack of knowledge which gives her such a narrow view of the art she imagines herself to be a connoisseur of.
Same exact phenomenon as I’ve complained about before on Reddit, with its endless art-boner for any realistic “impressive” pencil sketch, over something that is equally technically impressive and more emotional, but in a way they are too unknowledgeable to appreciate.
Agreed. Obviously mega corporations suck, but AI as a technology does not NEED to be unethical. It sucks that because people want to hate on mega corps (rightfully so) they feel justified in tacking on any flawed argument they want to against AI.
People have issues separating out complex bundles of issues into their separate threads and dealing with them individually. It’s much easier to keep it all jumbled together and pass judgement on the whole lot. It’s lazy thinking, which is ironically contrary to the virtues so frequently espoused in these arguments.
Furthermore, like you said, many people have strong opinions on the issue despite not really having any understanding of the philosophy of art, history of art, or the technology itself. It boils down to the same sort of layperson’s gibberish that gives us other bad takes like “abstract art isn’t art, my dog could paint that!” or “this performance art is just a tax evasion scheme!”. It reveals the tastelessness of the accuser. It’s extremely frustrating that these people always present themselves as true art enjoyers, when in fact they are not.
It reminds me of a time I was at the symphony, and the opening piece was a very avant garde one. It displayed wonderful chromaticism, really emotional chaotic passages, clever balancing of orchestral timbres…I study and compose classical music, I know music theory quite deeply, and for me it was a lovely piece. When it was over, this old lady next to me, all dressed up, complained that “that was just noise, not even music”, and got all indignant about the bastardization of art. I’m sure she would have said the same thing at the debut of Rite of Spring, which she now undoubtedly “admires” and upholds as a masterwork. I would be surprised if she could name the notes of the key of C major. Yet it is precisely her lack of knowledge which gives her such a narrow view of the art she imagines herself to be a connoisseur of.
Same exact phenomenon as I’ve complained about before on Reddit, with its endless art-boner for any realistic “impressive” pencil sketch, over something that is equally technically impressive and more emotional, but in a way they are too unknowledgeable to appreciate.
It’s just the way of art, I suppose.
Yeah, spot on. Also The Rite Of Spring is one of my favourite pieces of music ever