Comment by forgetfreeman
2 days ago
There's an element of cognitive dissonance to the community's response to AI that I find fascinating. Nearly unanimous rejection of AI-generated content while simultaneously breathlessly touting AI tooling in significantly more sensitive (and lets face it riskier) environments like the company codebase.
I think people care less about risk and more about human creativity & genuinity. Personally, I get disgusted when I see AI encroaching into artistic fields because I hope new technologies will be used to replace our monotonous work, not take away from authentic discussion/work.
This and other social media are hardly platforms for authentic discussion, and as far as artistic fields go AI is perfectly incapable of encroachment provided you accept Stephenson's definition of what makes "art":
"Hard art demanded commitment from the artist. It could only be done once, and if you screwed it up, you had to live with the consequences." - Neil Stephenson, Diamond Age
I feel like what you're arguing for here is "it's fine as long as it's convenient for me".