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.

  • PwnTra1n@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Nature makes nature beautiful. You realize your relationship with it and the universe and all that shit. A painting or a song connects you with someone else and their connection to the world. I just don’t see the connection to be had with a stolen collaboration of impersonal generated emotion made by a computer.