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Re:AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the... by newswasboring on Thursday April 04, 2024 @03:33PM (#39934812)
> which then promptly uses it to maximize "engagement" to gather eyeballs to feed them advertising.

This is the real problem, right? People don't dislike generative AI, they dislike the attention economy. Yet I see more disgust towards AI than the company policies which suck. I don't understand why.

Re:AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the... by titzer on Thursday April 04, 2024 @03:40PM (#39934890)
Oh, haha, yeah. I guess I'm the opposite--I actually like AI more than the attention economy! At least one of them is not actively trying to drain my brainpower and skill set and get my to buy stuff and do stuff I wouldn't otherwise buy or do.
Re:AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the... by saulpw on Thursday April 04, 2024 @04:49PM (#39935631)
yet
Re:AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the... by xetsilon on Thursday April 04, 2024 @06:06PM (#39936379)
I think it is more that art, film and music have largely been replaced with complaining online about various subjects as the major form of entertainment in America.