• Johanno
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    5 hours ago

    Crypto was stupid from the beginning, NFTs are even more stupid. And people who knew about the tech told everyone so, before the idiots bought the shit to get rugpulled.

    Ai art is bad for artists, but not inherently bad bs.

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      5 hours ago

      AI art is antithetical to art. Art requires artistic intent.

      It could have some limited application for very early exploration in commercial art, or perhaps as very limited tools used in existing art software, but generative art is inherently pointless and you need artists to be able to do incremental iterations properly, which is required for real work, which isn’t supported yet. I’ll sure it’ll get better and more convincing, but it’s still inherently pointless to use AI for art, since the is supposed to be human expression.

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        42 minutes ago

        I love Ai defenders who are ready to tell you what art is and what artists wants. Like maybe instead of recomending this cloud based bullshit app, first try to pick up a pencil actually?

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          AI art is human expression in the same way that the Gaussian blur tool is. It’s a bunch of math spitting out a pattern based on specific inputs.

          All while currently being as ethical as the fast fashion industry producing scam versions of high fashion products.

          It has the potential to be very useful in certain applications, but right now, all it really does is create Content to be consumed. Kinda like elevator music or that horrible Corporate Memphis style that has invaded every piece of corporate media/advertising in recent years. Soulless and without meaning. It’s pretty high quality slop, all things considered, but slop nonetheless.

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      4 hours ago

      “crypto was stupid from the beginning”

      How? Do you find debit cards stupid?

      “people who knew about the tech told everyone so”

      completely untrue.

      people at the forefront of cryptography and economics were excited about the Bitcoin white paper because cryptographic digital currencies is an obvious-in-hindsight evolution in currency.

      they were so excited about it that they joined nakamoto in creating cryptocurrencies, collaborating and developing new technologies until it was launched and beyond.

      “idiots bought the shit to get rugpulled”

      how exactly is gaining 400,000% in value over a decade a “rug pull”?