A lot of what we're seeing in attitudes towards AI are a natural consequence of a decade-or-two of 'influencer' lifestyles, as pushed by social media. The obsession with aesthetic and performance that you describe here is the social media influencer multiplied by AI. Now anyone can look good and show off without having to do anything - just like influencers from the 2010s!
It's unclear who is actually being influenced.
It's interesting to chart the shift from the superstars of the 20th century, usually famous for DOING something, through the evolution of celebrity culture in the 1990s and 2000s, where people became famous for often weird and silly reasons, through to influencer culture of the 2010s and 2020s: where people become famous for literally no reason. AI has come along at the end of that process as quite an unhealthy multiplier.
I'm still optimistic that once the hype subsides it'll settle down into a useful tool, and that there will always be a strong desire in humans to create and to seek out genuine art. I don't think anti-intellectualism and anti-art is anything new, even if it's noisier now.
We'll see! Thought-provoking read, thanks Arjun.
Oh,, and as for the quotes from Twitter: my main question there is why anyone would still be looking at Twitter. :D
Thanks for the well thought out comment and sorry for responding so late. I agree with everything you wrote.
I think a lot of this influencer culture is reaching its end. Like the effortless aesthetic and 'famous cause I am' is starting to die down, as you said, there will always be a strong desire in humans to create and to seek out genuine art.
From musicians actually starting to put effort(say Kendrick or Sabrina) and being proud about it instead of trying to look effortless to so much of new writing which deals with ideas and concepts AI can't even begin to think about.
Like AI has multiplied this so far over the edge that I think we will see the influencer culture meltdown pretty soon.
Also, I don't hop on twitter on my accord, I just happen to get messaged threads 'worth looking at'(whatever that means) by friends.
A lot of what we're seeing in attitudes towards AI are a natural consequence of a decade-or-two of 'influencer' lifestyles, as pushed by social media. The obsession with aesthetic and performance that you describe here is the social media influencer multiplied by AI. Now anyone can look good and show off without having to do anything - just like influencers from the 2010s!
It's unclear who is actually being influenced.
It's interesting to chart the shift from the superstars of the 20th century, usually famous for DOING something, through the evolution of celebrity culture in the 1990s and 2000s, where people became famous for often weird and silly reasons, through to influencer culture of the 2010s and 2020s: where people become famous for literally no reason. AI has come along at the end of that process as quite an unhealthy multiplier.
I'm still optimistic that once the hype subsides it'll settle down into a useful tool, and that there will always be a strong desire in humans to create and to seek out genuine art. I don't think anti-intellectualism and anti-art is anything new, even if it's noisier now.
We'll see! Thought-provoking read, thanks Arjun.
Oh,, and as for the quotes from Twitter: my main question there is why anyone would still be looking at Twitter. :D
Thanks for the well thought out comment and sorry for responding so late. I agree with everything you wrote.
I think a lot of this influencer culture is reaching its end. Like the effortless aesthetic and 'famous cause I am' is starting to die down, as you said, there will always be a strong desire in humans to create and to seek out genuine art.
From musicians actually starting to put effort(say Kendrick or Sabrina) and being proud about it instead of trying to look effortless to so much of new writing which deals with ideas and concepts AI can't even begin to think about.
Like AI has multiplied this so far over the edge that I think we will see the influencer culture meltdown pretty soon.
Also, I don't hop on twitter on my accord, I just happen to get messaged threads 'worth looking at'(whatever that means) by friends.