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.

  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I’m sure that someone out there is using AI to generate art, with very specific, thoughtful, detailed, and deliberate prompts that you can say the same thing about.

    Isn’t that the whole point? There are a ton more people making watercolor paintings than there are Monets and Rembrandts, but we don’t say that all their work is unenjoyable and just slop. Most work by most people is just not very good, and having more intention I don’t think raises its value. It’s another medium.