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In reply to the discussion: I Asked AI What Europeans Think Americans From Every State Look Like And The Results Are Just Mean [View all]highplainsdem
(62,982 posts)119. Exactly. AI "feels like a half-assed substitution for creative thought."
But it allows companies to avoid paying creatives to come up with something new, or compensate the creatives whose work was ripped off to train the AI.
I can see companies that don't care about quality or ethics using AI to exploit all that stolen work.
What I don't understand is anyone who cares about artists and workers applauding this crap.
Of course, no real self-respecting artist who wanted to keep working would do anything as stupid and insulting as this.
Most of the images here ridicule people for being poor and/or rural and/or obese and/or old.
Applauding this - especially applauding it as accurate for a representation of a state - is NOT a good look for DU.
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I Asked AI What Europeans Think Americans From Every State Look Like And The Results Are Just Mean [View all]
Zorro
Jul 2023
OP
I'd be very surprised to learn that Europeans know states well enough to draw some of the
WhiskeyGrinder
Jul 2023
#8
And now, what do Americans think Europeans from every country in Europe look like?
Sneederbunk
Jul 2023
#13
Internet sites are filling up with clickbait crap like that. Saves them having to pay real
highplainsdem
Jul 2023
#19
No, it isn't harmless. These sites are using AI to replace writers and artists.
highplainsdem
Jul 2023
#44
You're just the audience corporations hoping to replace all writers and artists
highplainsdem
Jul 2023
#52
It's originally from BuzzFeed, which fired a lot of staffers, replaced by AI.
highplainsdem
Jul 2023
#45
Stereotypical depictions of human beings are now considered acceptable entertainment. Noted.
Progressive Lawyer
Jul 2023
#60
It's incredibly tacky and dumb. And praising it is a vote in favor of replacing
highplainsdem
Jul 2023
#68
NYers often get annoyed at NYC being portrayed as the image for the whole state.
wnylib
Jul 2023
#113
Meh. I've sort of moved past the whole "Isn't AI so amazing and clever?" stage.
Tommy Carcetti
Jul 2023
#118
Exactly. AI "feels like a half-assed substitution for creative thought."
highplainsdem
Jul 2023
#119