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If you don’t create because you’re worried someone or something will do it better than you, spend some time reflecting on why you want to create.
All this to say, @FoxRox, it might seem pretty dire, but I don’t think you have anything to worry about. :)
They can compose music too.
Yes, but it lacks the nuance and soul in my view. The end of humanity in the face of the rise of the machines has been greatly exaggerated.
Do you write to express yourself or do you write to be the best at it? Neither a robot nor another author can ever take your self-expression from you. And what's the difference between competing with a machine or another author if that is what you seek from it?
In other spots on this forum (some discussion about directors) we have discussed the undefinable line between art, craft, handiwork and simple production. I cannot give you any final answers on this, but what is the difference between a f.e. a wooden sculpture one person only ever made one piece of, a handmade wooden deco piece that 100 pieces exist of, and an machine-made deco piece you can buy thousands of at IKEA?
To me, art becomes art either through the intention of the artist (I can create art and never show it to anyone and it still fills my soul) or the reception of the audience (a mass produced thing can be hightened towards art by an audience). Robotic art can never be the first, but can be the second, I guess. However, eventhough there is a lot of "The Death of the Artist" going around, I would hazard a guess that many people prefer human art and a story behind it.
All joking aside, the human brain is still infinitely more complex than the best AI we can currently produce. (I am not talking about AI producing AI.) I, too, believe that AI cannot just replace real people. I also believe that we are drawn to imperfections, like filmfans generally generally preferring traditional film stock to spotless digital, or a real person giving a silly performance to a CGI character performing by algorithm. Also, knowing that a 'thing' created something, no matter how good it looks, is enough to put people off. Just think about the admiration people had for the real stunts in CR but also the criticism that was voiced towards the falling house in Venice. Even moneymaking biggies like AVATAR and END GAME, which are CGI spectacles, can be appreciated and beloved for the entertainment and joy they bring, but people still know that they are looking at something virtual.
That said, we can respect technical filmmakers who can push the limits, as exemplified by Gollum and similar achievements. But even then there are still people behind it, working the magic. The more work we 'delegate' to AI systems, though, the more I am convinced it will alienate a certain subset of the cinephile audience.
But hasn't it happened already? We're extremely dependent of machines, it's easy to argue that our behaviour is to a degree controlled by technology (at least Internet algorithms), etc. Machines are obviously not aware of this (or are they?), but they pretty much control our lives in many ways. Or at least we're dependent on them.
If you've ever done extensive data-entry, you know what I mean.
Everyone already loves what every person can do more than me. Hurts a thousand times more for that love to extend to things that can’t even feel it. At least other people can actually enjoy their work being enjoyed.
Exactly.
On a less acerbic note, I hope you are doing ok with it and landing on your feet. Big changes always bring the possibility of things turning out for the better.
Adult (male) friendship is a weird thing. I have recently got engaged and eventhough the actual wedding will not be for some time, I have kind of realized that there is noone in my life I would really ask to be my best man. I have people I work with, I have people I watch and do sports with, then of course the big category of "boyfriends and husbands of my fiancées friends" and weirdly you guys, but none of them I would consider such close friends that I want them to be standing next to me in my wedding pictures for the rest of my life. Or on your note: that I would call them or expect a call if things where to ever break down between me and my fiancée...
I hate to say it but friends, girlfriends - they are a bit overrated and in the end you can only rely on yourself.
That's terrible, @Gerard! Please take good care of yourself. Perhaps your local drugstore can provide you with something to alleviate the pain for now? I myself am suffering from a soar throat. Turns out some streptococci are having a party over there. Every time I swallow a bit, it feels as if someone is rubbing barbwire inside my throat. I've just started taking antibiotics. They'll help me, hopefully.
Anyway, mate, I wish you a quick recovery!
I am sick, just as @Gerard (get well soon!), no Covid. Because our company leadership team, for which I am basically the aide-de-camp, is going on a retreat to plan next year on Tuesday and Wednesday, I had to work today to make sure everything is running smoothly (I wasn't forced to do this, I chose to out of a misplaced sense of professionalism).
At the same time, my fiancée has a friend staying over at our place who just got dumped by her boyfriend, so I wanted to get out of there to leave them the space to deal with that. So now I'm sitting in the office with a mask on, sniveling and coughing like there is no tomorrow. I'm in a seperate room, hoping not to infect anybody else. Not that anyone is here, because it is snowing and cold as hell outside, so everyone with a little bit of sense stayed in their warm home offices (to save energy, parts of our office building isn't heated - like the part I am in to stay away from the four people who are here).
I probably could have called in sick - the retreat would have been fine. I probably could have worked from home - our home office is a seperate room, I could have barricaded myself in. But no, I have to do the hard man thing and come in sick, like an idiot.
And now I am starring at two days of sitting in a conference room in some random hotel, wearing a mask the entire time and just being completely miserable.
The jabs don t help, either. My kid is double-jabbed and has been more stricken than ever, while I stayed away from that crap and was sick for a day. I guess I was just "lucky" and he was just "unlucky". People have been screwed.