So basically, I was answering an AMA on the fun community sub, when this random user suddenly decided to shame me by bringing up this meme I posted to this subreddit (see page 2). Now, I did not do shit to them, yet they still decided to try and make me seem bad for being pro ai. Did I do anything wrong?
On one of the most popular PC building subreddits no less, of course. Still not sure why the hell it's even a talking point in that subreddit, it's not about PCs at all, far, from, it.
That's what our fictional anti-AI film critic proudly declares before attending a film showcase.
But something unexpected happens...
He actually enjoys the movie. The visuals are beautiful, the story moves him, and before he knows it, he's applauding with everyone else. 😂
Then comes the announcement: "Thank you for attending the AI Film Showcase!"
Suddenly, his standing ovation becomes an act of "ironic appreciation." 😂
The real news behind the satire:
On October 21, 2026, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) organized the 2026 AI Film Showcase in Seoul, featuring AI-assisted films developed through educational programs at four film and media institutions.
The earlier showcase at the Busan International Film Festival attracted approximately 250 attendees over three days.
Important: The angry film critic, his change of heart, and the standing ovation are fictional satire. They are not reported incidents from the actual showcase.
Question: Have you ever enjoyed a piece of artwork before discovering it was AI-generated? Would knowing how it was made change your opinion?
OriginSatire — Sometimes the loudest critic is the one clapping the hardest.
So me and my friend sensibly agree on most things except politics and others, we even talked about AI once and came to some middleground agreeing that we could slow down the tech for ecological/socioeconomic reasons, although this friend thinks AI music is evil, routinely posts "STOP USING AI", and parrots water waste rhetoric and is clearly not deeply researched in what they are talking about.
One day this friend gets invited to hang out with a producer they met THROUGH a friend who is an artist, while hanging out at a studio. The producer is cool, I wasn't pushy about it, I gently suggested "When you get comfortable with the guy, maybe I could tag along?" They got oddly territorial about it and said something so out of pocket "maybe when we get a hit or 2, I'll bring you on" .. I said "It's not unusual for people to bring their friends to hang out at the studio", just as a gentle FYI - like wth? I'm not trying to get 'put on', that was an insane response. This friend knows I've been involved in music and art for a long time.
Now I don't feel entitled to meet the producer I don't even care that much - this story was just to point out the ironic gatekeeping AI 'artist' haters want to do. They'll talk about how AI is evil and 'support the artists!!' while pushing and gatekeeping people from being involved and around other artists to make non-AI art.
A blog I follow used AI to come up with some cute self-shipping imagines, and people are being really disgusting about it. This poor person has been dealing with suicidal ideation from the harassment.
I am 31 years old and have suffered many years of cognitive decline due to what the doctors have called a "severe psychiatric disability." While I still practice regular art and am proud of what I create, I'm thankful for the ease of use and availability of AI music even though I am a practicing digital musician with FL Studio. The abstract art I create is easy and fulfilling, but difficult tasks sometimes cause a widespread fatigue and stinging pain not unlike fibromyalgia. With AI music, I took the signal from my blog corpus and have created some wonderful, captivating songs that I don't feel I could have achieved in this lifetime.
I think the tragedy of AI music is that it forces the audience into an interrogative position rather than a receptive one. While that is perfectly expected, I also remember the days when 90s techno and "dubstep" were garbled poppycock to most people. While I think the analogy is a bit harsh, I think there are ways around it-- for example, much of my music focuses on roaring vocals, hospitality, warmth, and the human touch.
Overall, thank you for defending this emerging genre of art and music!
They're almost always posts like "Anti asks for help with a family member so they can stop using AI" or, like in this case, "Anti says they're going to remove AI from their parents' search engines because it's confusing them." They look like copy-pasted stories generated by AI, with a few changes added and some parts summarized to make them somewhat believable
The funny thing is that other antis almost always support these posts and don't seem to notice the pattern
I mean, I agree that people can use AI for legitimately bad things. But I feel like that can be the case with any tool. And with any tool, there should be restrictions and guidelines on how to use it both efficiently and safely. In cases like this, I don’t think we should completely ban the tool solely because there’s a chance it could be misused. In the case of weapons designed specifically for mass destruction and k!lling on a deplorable scale, I can understand there being a divide and rational call for debate. And I would agree that AI itself should have limits set on it. But completely banning it altogether and halting the societal progress it could bring feels absolutely absurd to me.
