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Comment by jjfoooo4

7 hours ago

> people might luck into something genuinely good and worth sharing from time to time.

A) it would be impossible to find in a sea of AI generated slop

B) even if it were to be recognized as good, it would be instantly copied by other AI’s such that it would be very shortly thereafter be also considered slop

For any work to gain traction with an audience, there needs to be scarcity. Art and artists are valued because they are unique in some way, something about it or them cannot be replicated by others. The ability to instantly produce a piece of “art” negates any artistic value, at least as far as audiences are concerned.

it's already impossible to find good music in a sea of slop. that's been the case for decades at this point

as with all art, the hardest part is discovery

artificial scarcity is indistinguishable from greed