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Gen AI and big tech makes me dread the future. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 weeks ago by crash_thepose@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Ai does not make me feel joy or excitement about the future. Especially regarding the things I love (education, literature, art, music, silly nerdy computer hobby stuff, etc). Does anyone have any thoughts that may somewhat help me feel less dread? Do you think that the desire for human driven creativity, the desire to hold a physical book in your hand, or a physical paint brush, or to hang with your friends outside without cellphones will persist despite all the rubbish?

Or more generally, what gives you hope?

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[โ€“] disregardable@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Do you think that the desire for human driven creativity, the desire to hold a physical book in your hand, or a physical paint brush, or to hang with your friends outside without cellphones will persist despite all the rubbish?

Yeah dude, it's not like every artistic person died. There are still people out there making movies on literal film.

[โ€“] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

What happens when it's no longer profitable enough to make manufacturing film worthwhile? In recent years LOTS of companies have been moving towards focusing strictly on their most profitable items only - dropping things that were still profitable, but not enough to please their major shareholders who only care about profits being as high as they possibly can be.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

Then people who want to make art will continue making art because they have something to communicate, as opposed to with the intent of selling it.

[โ€“] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 6 points 2 weeks ago

Vinyl wasnโ€™t profitable for decades and faded but a handful of artists and small companies kept it alive. A band even put out a wax cylinder in 2010 despite having to use a museum piece to do it and that almost no one has a device that can play it. VHS and cassettes are the new vinyl and I suspect will be a trend big manufacturers jump on and drive into the ground like they did vinyl in a few years. Then the artsy types will ditch that and start producing 8 tracks and Betamax again on some tech they cobbled from thrift stores and storage unit sales. Wanna film ICE without using your portable biometric GPS unit? Thrift stores are full of tape based camcorders and unused or tape over blanks.

[โ€“] m532@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Then it's time for a revolution

[โ€“] crash_thepose@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Sometimes I just need the reminder !