• Farid@startrek.websiteEnglish
      116·
      6 months ago

      Yes, really. And I actually think I was quite conservative with time requirements.

      And why can’t you only judge the idea/joke aspect of the work? Sure, the execution didn’t require much effort, but the point was to convey* the idea/joke.

      Are holodeck programs in StarTrek automatically worthless because to create them people merely instruct the Computer what and where to put?

          • Mystic Mushroom [Ze/Zir]@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            912·
            6 months ago

            There’s no point in trying to debate or reason with anti-AI trolls, most of them are neolibs or just regular libs anyway. If they weren’t they wouldn’t be barfing out the same tired ass talking points and using ad-hominem to attack logical rebuttals to their arguments.

          • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldEnglish
            36·
            6 months ago

            You massively misinterpreting what creativity is. It’s not just “having a vague idea”.

            Would it be creativity, that instead of writing a book I just published an idea (prompt) for a book?

            • Deceptichum@quokk.auOPEnglish
              62·
              6 months ago

              You massively exaggerate what creativity is. It’s not just “drawing a shape”.

              Would it be creative if I took an image macro, scribbled out 1 word and drew another on top like 90% of all handmade memes are today? Yes, it would.

        • Farid@startrek.websiteEnglish
          87·
          6 months ago

          This IS human expression. Human had a concept and realized it using a tool. Human expression comes in many shapes and forms. How is this any less effort than adding caption to a template image, which is 80% of regular memes? IMO, you’re just biased and don’t treat it fairly.

              • OBJECTION!@lemmy.mlEnglish
                66·
                6 months ago

                the last time you watched youtube or streamed anything it consumed far more system resources and it produced far more pollution than the vast majority of machine learning is even remotely capable of. why pick on the data centers used for AI when they’re handily outnumbered by infrastructure for other equally, if not more vain corpo products?

                I’d like to see a source on that, first of all. Second, “banning video content” isn’t really a viable or realistic option, and would also put a lot of people out of work, and the existence of video content provides value in education, artistic expression, and entertainment. AI slop does not, it’s wholly unnecessary, ugly, limits expression, puts artists out of work, etc.

                • A Wild Mimic appears!@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                  72·
                  6 months ago

                  Sorry to cut in, but I have to hard disagree here.

                  The post in question has given someone the possibility of creating an image on par quality of any other *ball meme and saved about 20-30 minutes of work. It is an artistic expression, isn’t more or less ugly than other *ball memes of similar type, enhanced the expression of OP (who would had worse results for more work), and no artist can subsist on the creation of memes.

                  Also, it is very possible to create stuff like this on consumer grade hardware, taking not much more power than running a video game.

                  I agree that AI CAN be used to create piss-poor excuses for art or to push artists out of their work, but it’s the corpo’s doing that, not the technology. I also groan everytime AI gets shoehorned into another thing where it simply does not offer anything useful, but it surely makes a difference if a corp uses AI as cost-cutting measure, or a private person uses it to enrich their life, which - we shouldn’t forget that - the technology should be there for.

                  • Mystic Mushroom [Ze/Zir]@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                    51·
                    6 months ago

                    Also, it is very possible to create stuff like this on consumer grade hardware, taking not much more power than running a video game.

                    This is the one thing the Anti-AI trolls can’t wrap their heads around or if they can they refuse to and instead try to strawman their previous point, because without that part their argument is purely copyright apologia.