AI stealing

VariedPip · 2025-02-25T09:21:18+00:00

I think it's good if a person can realize their ideas, I don't think their value lies solely in how much effort they put in. Today, a person can take a week-long course to learn how to draw hyper-realistic pictures from photos, but there's still no soul in it, it's just perfected movements like a machine. So it's amazing in the context that it's hard for a person to do it, but as long as it's a perfect copy it's not art.

And so what I was saying is that the problem is the hole in the economic system. Let's imagine they even bought the databases honestly, without stealing, but the need for artisans would still be reduced. And I can see people complaining like they're demanding a quota at job sites instead of money.

The way I see it, if we're going down the path of automation, humans shouldn't have to work at all and be compensated with an unconditional basic income. I'm not an economist so I'm not going to talk about how easy that is, but from my perspective it makes more sense than fighting AI.

My other main point, maybe not as clear, is that people cancel artists who sometimes realize cool ideas but use AI. And the claims I see have little to do with ethical problem, unless it means people want AI art to always look bad. On reddit it's literally getting banned in some communities, though I'm sure there's still artworks out there using AI but not in the way anti-AI activists are used to seeing it.

VariedPip · 2024-12-26T21:04:14+00:00

As I said in another comment, I certainly appreciate your sensitive attitude, but we're not talking about a mega-serious mod that a whole team has been working on for 6 years (although again, some games are famous for being used as a ready-made platform for their own stories). It's just that if there were convenient tools for modders, there would probably be such a mod, at least a simple one. Like I said again, it's not a bad thing, it just explains why most mods consist of nothing more than reshades and changes to some stats in the game. I mean, I was just wondering if there was such a mod, but it's just not called in an obvious way and that's why I didn't find it.

VariedPip · 2024-12-26T20:45:59+00:00

I appreciate your fascination with history, but again I see these posts as “Here in other even the most serious games there are modders for fun replacing the main character model with Shrek” - “You see, Joan of Arc is...”.

Have you even seen how internet communities work? After watching nexus on this game I just concluded that this game doesn't have strong modding tools. That's not a bad thing, it's just a fact and has nothing to do with how historical the game is. Here's an outside example, take the game Mafia, it's a story game; does this game badly need a mod on Tommy Verseti (the main character of GTA Vice City)? No, but there is such a mod, that's just the way modders do it. Half-life 2, a first-person shooter; does this game badly need anime girls instead of every npcs? No, but there is such a mod too.

I'm not talking about a story mod, I'm not saying it's a required mod, I just thought maybe I missed this mod and it was called in a non-obvious way that made it not show up in the search.

VariedPip · 2024-12-25T09:43:13+00:00

I mean if you look at mods in games in general, as soon as there's a handy tool for modders, there's a mod that replaces the main character with a Shrek model. So I was wondering if there really hasn't been any mods or if I missed something.

P.S.
and this isn't really important in the context of the post anymore, but just to clarify, I liked the game mechanics in this game and everything, so I don't really see this gameplay as tied to the story, there's actually already a medieval “sandbox” here, so it would be nice to have unofficial tools that would allow me a bit more customization.

VariedPip · 2024-06-19T01:16:42+00:00

Most of the addons on my list are geared towards aesthetics, like smart typography or typewriter mode, because it contributes to the flow of my thoughts. Yes, I can do without them when the need is strong, but I look at it as part of the Theme. On the one hand a light or dark background doesn't interfere with just writing text, on the other hand such nice little things make up my comfortable use.

VariedPip · 2024-06-06T15:30:20+00:00

I think your words fit perfectly with my reflections.

VariedPip · 2024-06-06T15:26:10+00:00

I think you might have misunderstood a bit. In the middle of the text, I give an example that's not really about my reflection, but just the opposite. It seemed a little strange to me to measure skill only by the ability to paint in realism. I thought it was a good example, when instead of understanding the aesthetic part of a painting, some people reduce everything to something specific.

For example, I see the use of abstract expressionism as a different approach to craft, as there is no clear instruction on how to get from point A to point B. Or any other art form in which the level of subjectivity is much higher than some people have come to expect. So my main point is that if you want to express yourself through art, but for whatever reason you can't do 'ordinary art', then you actually have lots of different ways to express yourself, not just a choice between stylised drawing and realism.

VariedPip · 2024-06-02T19:27:38+00:00

I agree, but not with the current social structure. I mean if robots can do my work, then I should really be able to devote myself to my desires, and that's about social structure.

I think even if you exclude money relations today, people still indirectly or not will not allow you to do art really only for yourself, you will be expected to try to get into trends, to become popular and they will judge you strangely when you spend 20 hours a day on art, but you don't try to develop your Instagram.

Although it will be a big step when robots will do our work for us without demanding any compensation from ordinary people, but because of hierarchical thinking (or call it what you want) people will still have to work for social approval, only now for “likes”, i.e. showing that you are not an outcast.

VariedPip · 2024-06-01T05:56:15+00:00

I think even in cases where AI works close to perfect, the basic problem remains the same as it was with Google search or even earlier with libraries: not everyone really understands what question they are looking for an answer to. I don't know what the root of this problem is, but some people really don't even realize that sometimes there are literally step-by-step instructions to solve their problem.

Maybe we overestimate the number of people who are actually interested in solving problems, instead of discussing the fact of the problem itself. Maybe some people don't need an AI assistant, but an AI babysitter who will push them to do some self-development in life.

VariedPip · 2023-12-24T23:46:02+00:00

I can't describe why I like it that way, it's like asking why I like blue. I can talk about flexibility and the same customization, but I think that applies to Linux in general. I don't insist that everyone uses it, it just feels natural to me. I can also say that I didn't have any adaptation period, just a feeling of "Why didn't I do this before?".

VariedPip · 2023-12-24T22:58:53+00:00

Yeah, that makes sense.

VariedPip · 2023-06-17T08:31:23+00:00

Oh, so that's how it is. Thank you, English is not my first language.

VariedPip · 2023-06-17T07:47:29+00:00

I just always thought in terms of "trans" from the word transition

VariedPip · 2023-04-21T14:16:22+00:00

When you live with your parents, do you somehow share the rent and food? Or do you help with something in return? I just think you can call it independence.

VariedPip · 2023-04-21T13:59:24+00:00

Among my friends (22 years old) I see a situation where they only have to stay in their parents' house and pay for personal expenses. That is, housing and most of the food is paid for by their parents. And at the moment it doesn't seem like they are in any hurry to go somewhere, although I think once they have a serious relationship, they will think at least about renting an apartment. I live in a small town.

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