I am all for supporting local artists and I feel that “handcrafted in XXX” products make great souvenirs when you’re connected to those places. Still, if some AI hallucinated me a perfect novel for my interests, or generated something I couldnt tell was manufactured or created by a master, I would happily enjoy it.
“How can I tell if this is slop so I can know to hate it” sounds stupid to me: good is good. When it comes to art / food / products, I want the best experience for ME. If I want human connectedness, then I’ll go interact with a human directly.
I can do without wasted water, power, and money, but in the abstract it seems to bother everyone on Lemmy to enjoy something a person didn’t make. I don’t have that hang-up.
I think that’s because art is more than its technical merits. It’s about intent. Human made art is special because only that person, in that time, could’ve created that exact work. AI cannot do that. It can only rehash what other artists have done before. So, while it can look good or write a funny story there’s nothing special about it. It literally produces meaningless works.
I’ve seen videos, songs and pictures that I didn’t know were created by AI at first and I was impressed, but once you learn they are, they become worthless. Why? Because why give consideration to appreciating art that had no consideration in its creation? No thanks.