Hey there, sometimes I see people say that AI art is stealing real artists’ work, but I also saw someone say that AI doesn’t steal anything, does anyone know for sure? Also here’s a twitter thread by Marxist twitter user ‘Professional hog groomer’ talking about AI art: https://x.com/bidetmarxman/status/1905354832774324356
Ehh I’m not really sure I’m following the gambling comparison. Common sense for most people is that gambling addictions are bad because it actively drains massive amounts of money out of people’s bank accounts, not because slot machines waste people’s time. Addictions are just problem amplifiers rather then problems in of themselves.
Maybe it’s because I’ve had family members waste their lives away on the pokies, neglecting their kids, but there’s a lot more to an addiction than simple “it’s bad because it takes people’s money.” An addiction consumes and ruins a person’s life.
I’m seriously feeling like I jumped into an alternate version of Lemmygrad here or something, why is everyone refusing to consider that this thing being pushed as a massive societal shift under a capitalist society won’t have any ramifications or effects going forward? Even if we take the “gambling is only bad because $$$” approach, what happens when they get people (not everyone, but enough to fund their business) addicted to making AI art, and then start charging more and more for it? The first hit is always free for a reason, it isn’t because drug dealers are just really nice guys. It’s because they know it will create addicts. Obviously drugs have a chemical component that AI (and gambling for that matter) do not, but I seriously feel like this community is completely ignoring how this system will be used under capital, and acting like we’re already living in a socialist paradise and it doesn’t matter how it will be used.