Re:I wish GPT4 had never happened
by nonbirithm on Saturday April 08, 2023 @11:13AM
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The difference is that player pianos can only replay previously existing songs, while Midjourney can create something novel in under a minute. The problem that's being solved is not everyone wants to spend thousands of hours learning how to draw in order to have the (artistically competent) end product in their hands.
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Re:I wish GPT4 had never happened
by ModernMech on Saturday April 08, 2023 @11:23AM
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That doesn't mean art has been automated; it means we've invented a better paint brush.
Re:I wish GPT4 had never happened
by khochesh_kushat on Saturday April 08, 2023 @12:28PM
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A paint brush that will paint a painting for you, no artist needed.
As if the main thing behind being an artist is using a paint brush competently...
I think AI is terrible for a lot of midrange commercial graphics. I don't think it's bad for "art."
Re:I wish GPT4 had never happened
by khochesh_kushat on Saturday April 08, 2023 @04:10PM
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Maybe artist was the wrong word, painter would be more appropriate.
Most cases of people paying to see human performers are of performing already-written music though, so I doubt think that's the drawcard.
Actually I don't think anyone truly knows why we obviously gain something from watching live performers that can't be obtained from watching them even on the best quality home entertainment system imaginable (*), but at least part of it is feeling like you're part of the performance, knowing that the performers feed off the reactions of the audience etc.
(*) And why has there never been a market for broadcasting music performances in cinemas?