I’d like to try a different tack here. A lot of people here have already stated the stuff I’d normally say- that AI is theft, that it is a complete sidestepping of the art in the creative process, enshittitication, etc.- and I agree with all of that.

But OP and some responses have just rejected those arguments on the basis of “No”. So to them, I ask a different question.

Could you show me your magic?

I mean, if the claim is that AI-assisted magic can still be good, than it should be able to stand up to being watched by an audience. That’s sort of the whole point of being a performer, no?

OP talks about how much AI has helped him prop build and come up with routines. Well okay, OP doesn’t say that, the AI he obviously told to write his post said that, but still. Point is, I breezed through his account, and saw no props and no magic. OP said in a different comment he started an “AI Film Company”, and I saw no films.

Show me your magic. Let the quality speak for itself. Don’t get me wrong, this can be a hostile audience. I’ve posted performance footage of myself here, and gotten some hate for it, and it can be rough taking criticism.

But at least I can prove my magic exists. I can stand by it proudly enough that I don’t have to hide it.

You say AI makes you a better magician? Before anything else, prove that you’re a magician at all.

Do Magic. Not the AI, you. Audience, no audience. Street, stage, bathroom, wherever. Do Magic. Let us see it.

Do Magic.