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Re:6 months ago, I left the bullshit industrial complex by roenxi on Thursday June 27, 2024 @01:15AM (#40807479)
Something can be a joke and still be worth taking seriously. In this case, the joke is misleading on an important topic - the existence of AI changes economic realities but has no bearing on how humans spend their leisure time, or how much of that leisure time they have. In fact, it probably will increase the amount of leisure time available on net since it is freeing us up as a species from needing to do a bunch of artistic and creative chores.
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Re:6 months ago, I left the bullshit industrial complex by disqard on Thursday June 27, 2024 @02:11AM (#40807782)
> "freeing us up as a species from needing to do a bunch of artistic and creative chores."

Would you please clarify something? You're saying that we need to be freed from "artistic and creative chores" -- so that we can be free to do what?

For me personally, the highest-quality leisure I can think of is to follow creative pursuits and hone my artistic abilities (e.g. playing a musical instrument, making something with my hands, etc.)

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Re:6 months ago, I left the bullshit industrial complex by roenxi on Thursday June 27, 2024 @02:41AM (#40807967)
Free to do whatever you like. If you want to sit around playing musical instruments in your spare time nothing is stopping you.

We've had superhuman chess AI for decades and that hasn't stopped anyone playing chess. But if I want to review a game showcasing the highest level of chess play I wouldn't turn to human games. Similarly, sooner or later, if I want a specific picture of something I'm not going to be wasting the time of an artist to get it.

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Re:6 months ago, I left the bullshit industrial complex by mdhb on Thursday June 27, 2024 @08:41AM (#40809838)
This is such a genuinely weird worldview to me.

Like you’re missing a huge and meaningful chunk of one of the best parts of humanity.

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Re:6 months ago, I left the bullshit industrial complex by roenxi on Thursday June 27, 2024 @09:04AM (#40810040)
I'm talking about work. There are people who enjoy their work, but they are rather rare. Work is a "huge and meaningful chunk" of our lives, but frankly it'd be a better world if it wasn't.
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Re:6 months ago, I left the bullshit industrial complex by mdhb on Thursday June 27, 2024 @10:18AM (#40810796)
You sure seemed to be talking about your spare time a moment ago.
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Re:6 months ago, I left the bullshit industrial complex by roenxi on Thursday June 27, 2024 @11:30AM (#40811621)
The part where I said "Free to do whatever you like. If you want to sit around playing musical instruments in your spare time nothing is stopping you."? I was clarifying that I wasn't talking about leisure time.

And how do you think that attitude is limiting anyone? It seems fairly open to me.

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Re:6 months ago, I left the bullshit industrial complex by rrr_oh_man on Thursday June 27, 2024 @02:26AM (#40807875)
> In fact, it probably will increase the amount of leisure time available on net since it is freeing us up as a species from needing to do a bunch of artistic and creative chores.

Historically, that has just been not true.

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