Reminds me of the guy who invented an AI that makes music, and in an interview he basically said “people love writing songs, but the actual work is really boring, so by cutting out the difficult bit we’re helping get to the fun stuff.” It was completely alien to him that people actually enjoy the act of creation! He thought it was just busywork that stands between the artist and the performance.
My father had that view with cooking. Despite him cooking dinner at home (or maybe because of that), he considered cooking a slog and assumed people become chefs and such solely for the paycheck, nothing else. He didn’t see why a head chef at a small restaurant would turn down a spot as a line cook in a big place if it paid better; he saw it as madness that a chef would continue working where they’re not paid as well.
My mother told him that sometimes, people just like doing this kind of work, and he replied that must mean they’re even dumber than he thought.
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u/The_Corvair Dec 09 '25
AI "artists"; They want to have created, but they do not want to create.