alt Hacker NewsYeah, I know that's the theory, but if AI generated art is slop then it follows that it can't actually replace quality art.
I don't think people will suddenly accept worse standards for art, and anyone producing high quality work will have a significant advantage.
And now if your argument is that the average consumer can't tell the difference, then well for mass production does the difference actually matter?
Well, my main argument is that it's replacing humans, not that the quality is necessarily worse for mass produced slop.
Let's be cynical for a moment. A lot of Hollywood (and adjacent) movies are effectively slop. I mean, take almost all blockbusters, almost 99% action/scifi/superhero movies... they are slop. I'm not saying you cannot like them, but there's no denying they are slop. If you take offense at this proposition, just pretend it's not about any particular movie you adore, it's about the rest -- I'm not here to argue the merits of individual movies.
(As an aside, the same can be said about a lot of fantasy literature, Young Adult fiction, etc. It's by the numbers slop, maybe done with good intentions but slop nonetheless).
Superhero movie scripts could right now be written by AI, maybe with some curation by a human reviewer/script doctor.
But... as long as we accept these movies still exist, do we want to cut most humans out of the loop? These movies employ tons of people (I mean, just look at the credits), people with maybe high aspirations to which this is a job, an opportunity to hone their craft, earn their paychecks, and maybe eventually do something better. And these movies take a lot of hard, passionate work to make.
You bet your ass studios are going to either get rid of all these people or use AI to push their paychecks lower, or replace them if they protest unhealthy working conditions or whatever. Studio execs are on record admitting to this.
And does it matter? After all, the umpteenth Star Wars or Spiderman movie is just more slop.
Well, it matters to me, and I hope it's clear my argument is not exactly "AI cannot make another Avengers movie".
I also hope to have shown this position is not self-contradicting at all.