@lucydev

I heard a guy say AI could "make art more diverse" and he had all these images of black elves and dwarfs. As if "lacking diversity" were just a surface issue not one built into who gets to participate, who has the time for creative expression.

As if just pasting in a different colored face were the same thing as having an artist who wanted to draw that diversity and whose work would emerge from and improved by the culture and experiences of the creator.

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@lucydev I think there's a kernel of truth that anything that lowers the barriers can be democratizing. Like I don't think I really could have made music 50 years ago. I'm just not good enough of a musician if I can't just drop notes in a DAW. I don't think a text to PCM model is the logical conclusion of that though. It needs to be something we control AND own, that allows human input throughout the process, not some black box automagick.

@lucydev That's a beautiful sentence. I would add teaching to your list. I know it's the complement of learning, but I like to emphasize the passing down and sharing of knowledge and skills as a very human activity. Any of the quality material I learn from was made by a fellow human, either through books or in person. Trying to automate teaching is also a mistake I think.

But regardless, thank you for sharing your thoughts and highlighting that sentence.