alt Hacker NewsI'm constanly encountering this "bloated ego" argument every time the narrative is being steered away to prevent monetary losses for AI companies.
Especially so when it concerns AI theft of human music and visual art.
"Those pompous artists, who do they think they are? We'll rob them of their egos".
The problem is that these ego-accusations don't quite come from egoless entities.
It is not about artists per ce, it is about manipulative entities. For any manipulation to succeed, one has to create a fog, disorientation, muddy waters.
AI brings clarity. This results in a lot of pain for those who tried to hijack the game in one way or another.
From the psychological point of view, AI is a mirror of one's personality. Depending on who you are, you see different reflections: someone sees a threat, others see the enlightenment.