u/WHALE_PHYSICIST

The economy of the art world is based on attention. If artists are not able to compete for people's attention, then they won't make money. And to be able to get that attention, you're going to need to create something that stands out from the background noise. A lot of the anti-ai art sentiment comes from the fact that the noise floor just lifted in a big way.

Truly, they are most upset to realize that perhaps they aren't more creative than a computer can be. That in the end, their "talent" will be relegated to the skills of yesteryear, like knapping flint or weaving baskets. Why would I knap flint when I could buy a magnacut supersteel pocketknife?

It's hard to see something which is part of your identity, your survival, and which you enjoy doing, lose such importance to society. It feels like your very soul is losing relevance.

I think in our hearts, we can relate to what the antis are upset about. I know I can, and I'm not even much of an artist. I was in software, and there was a sort of artistry to that too. And I have essentially lost the thing which used to be my identity, survival, and something I enjoyed doing. I can still open up an IDE and write a program if I really want to. But the process is entirely tedious, time consuming, with very little opportunity for financial compensation unless I'm actually on the clock at some company.

I can accomplish so much more with AI than I ever possibly could have without it. So while I may have lost the "art" of coding, the journey on the way to the destination, I can finally express whatever creative motives I have so easily that it's actually helping me psychologically. I think it would benefit artists who are upset about AI to at least see what you can create when you use it as an artist uses any other tool. You don't have to embrace the environmental damage of it any more than you embrace deforestation for your Big Mac. Just prove to me that you are creative by doing something creative. Show me what makes you better than this tool, and then I might listen to why you think it's a bad thing.

The movement could barely be quantified, and yet it was there.

It started as a whisper, but grew to a shout.

“We want what we deserve”

Deserve? Who deserves anything? From whom do you deserve it?

Who is it that will give it to you?

Who is it that you aim to take it from?

Nothing is guaranteed in this life. Why do you think it is?

Were you sold a bill of goods?

Did you think that this should be fun?

Did you think this would be easy? You’re missing something.

You aren’t looking at it as it is.

You see what you want to see. That is your great delusion. That is your folly.

What are you really looking for? A sense of understanding? A feeling of accomplishment?

And end to the torment?

Who is your tormentor?

The God who rests in your heart?

What have you done for me lately?

What have I done for me? Why should I?

Who do you think you are?

Get real brother, this is all a game, and you’re losing.

At the end, what is lost or gained?

Nothing, everything.

Shut up.

Don’t you know the difference?

What is this game you’re playing?

I’m just trying to meet you where you are.

But where is that?

Right here.

Isn’t that interesting?

I live in the southeast US, and the heat can become unbearable during the summer. On top of that, the humidity is also usually very high. I'm having trouble figuring out how to keep things comfortable in the event of a power failure.

I have some battery powered fans good for a couple days. A small generator, a window A/C unit that can run from the generator. Also a screened in gazebo that I could use at night to sleep in.

But anything lasting more than a few days is going to be a problem. I can't use a swamp cooler because the humidity is too high. I rent so I can't really build anything significant like fixed solar panels or large fuel tanks.

Are my best options really just move north or suffer?

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