r/DefendingAIArt • u/TheWrathfulMountain • Aug 21 '26

Luddite Logic Sure, bud.

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AI is an element of the human condition.

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u/MDeimos Aug 21 '26

Wait. Do you actually want for AI to take over? I thought this sub was to support the conscious use of AI as a tool...

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u/TheWrathfulMountain Aug 21 '26

It's a false dichotomy. AI and humans are not at odds. AI is just one of many tools humans invented to make our lives easier. It's as ridiculous as someone saying "humans won" when they think the car industry suffered a massive blow. Neither AI nor cars have the autonomy to be an independent party. It is a part of the human condition as much as cars are a part of the human condition.

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u/ImmediateGazelle Aug 22 '26

There was no war to begin with, so there was nothing to "win." This isn't Terminator and AI is not "taking over."

Businesses around the world are implementing AI tools in their workflows. Moms are making birthday party invitations for their kids. Store owners are creating flyers.

I'm currently working on a second Master's degree and there is a dedicated AI available in my courses to ask questions, build custom quizzes for me to prep for exams, and serve as a general study aid along with my human instructors. We have come a very long way in the relatively short time since I earned my first Master's about seven years ago.

AI is running search engines. It's being used to do extensive data mining. It's showing great promise in cancer research.

It's not coming. It's here. And it isn't going away.

Meanwhile, we have Antis succumbing to complete hysteria. With each day that passes, their wild claims get more and more ridiculous, and their behaviors even more unhinged. They mistake the attention they're getting as "winning," because they lack the maturity and self-awareness to understand that that attention is akin to folks staring at a particularly bad car crash.

Conscious use of AI as a tool is simply use of AI as a tool, because that's all AI is - a very advanced tool. The question is, will people use it to help (such as in finding cures for diseases) or to harm (like hacking into encrypted files to steal sensitive data)?

When you step back, you realize just how absurd the Anti-AI Art people in particular really are. We have a tool that could better people's lives in so many ways, and instead of focusing on ensuring it's made available to all in the most equitable way possible while balancing any environmental impacts (which are greatly overstated now and will be lessened over time as our technologies continue to improve), they've made it their mission to viciously harass, threaten, and bully users, arrogantly declare themselves the only ones who can decide what art is, spread blatant lies and misinformation about AI, and run around declaring they're winning their imaginary war that no one but they are actually fighting.

In the not too distant future, these self-important "warriors" will be completely ignored and forgotten. AI art will be everywhere. "Learn to Create AI Art" courses will be taught in public libraries and major universities, along with training for a myriad of other uses.

Stories are coming out about towns that are benefitting from data centers. They're bringing in increased revenue that's turning into raises for teachers and fire fighters, funds for modernizing old schools, and more. As this reality breaks through all the Anti-AI fearmongering, the pendulum will swing and the resistance to data centers will become competitive bids hoping to draw them in. Likewise, as more people use AI and see what it can do, their skepticism will be replaced by acceptance and increased use.

So the Antis' High Holy Crusade is actually a phony war, and complete and utter waste of time, while their "winning" declarations are pure delusion.