Comment by JumpCrisscross
9 days ago
> Speaking to graduates of University of Central Florida’s College of Arts and Humanities and Nicholson School of Communication and Media
Well, yeah.
9 days ago
> Speaking to graduates of University of Central Florida’s College of Arts and Humanities and Nicholson School of Communication and Media
Well, yeah.
Right, read the room. Tell them that "there are challenges ahead, but their excellent education and optimism will overcome even the most ominous obstacles, technological or otherwise."
> their excellent education and optimism will overcome even the most ominous obstacles, technological or otherwise
Or, alternatively, that we need the humanities today in a fundamental, possibly existential, way. If AI is another Industrial Revolution, rise to be our Sinclairs, Dickens and Tolstoys.
It's interesting that I'm only seeing this kind of anti-ai tendency only in American/Western art circles. Anywhere else in Middle East/Asia, artists are having fun experimenting with it.
> I'm only seeing this kind of anti-ai tendency only in American/Western art circles
Hmm, how would we measure and confirm this hypothesis?
It's been polled.
> First reported in the 2023 AI Index, significant regional differences in AI optimism persist. A large majority believe AI-powered products and services offer more benefits than drawbacks in countries like China (83%), Indonesia (80%), and Thailand (77%). In contrast, only a minority share this view in Canada (40%), the United States (39%), and the Netherlands (36%).
Source: https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report/publi...
The US is a massively white-collar and services-based economy. Writing emails and making phonecalls is very susceptible to AI disruption.
https://data.bls.gov/projections/nationalMatrix?queryParams=...
The top 2 by percentage are:
- Office and administrative support occupations
- Sales and related occupations
anecdotally, I have noticed the same thing. The most affluent people are afraid of the moat being bridged methinks.
Investing in a skill for a craft isn't a moat.
Anyone can pick up a pencil and practice for hours a day! You can look out a window for inspiration! There is no "gatekeeping" art, only people upset it doesn't come as easily to them as B2B SAAS and confusing real effort and introspection as "gatekeeping".
The AI art people were so happy to rub it in artists face, that finally, without effort or appreciation, they no longer had to pay the skilled person for an image.
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