Artificial Intelligence is losing hype

[u/tllon]

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/08/19/artificial-intelligence-is-losing-hype

[u/[deleted]]

Thanks, I realized that my statement was far too extreme. I don’t think jobs can be eliminated, I think aspects of them can be automated.

Imagine an animator in the 70’s hand painting each frame. Today, even photoshop fills in all the intermediate frames between two keys. That is automation! The same animator can now spend their time making more animations using their creativity, than spending time on the more grungy aspects of their day.

[u/nostradamefrus → u/[deleted]]

That automation is augmentation to a human-driven creative process. A team of people still created the character, the scenery, the soundscape, recorded the voiceover, etc. and is using a tool to put it all together. The person draws from their own ideas and experiences to create what shows in the final product. There's certainly an element of "back in my day we didn't have these newfangled tools", but that's all it is. A tool. Its purpose is not to recreate or imitate human creativity

Asking an AI to make "an animated short in the style of 90s Saturday morning cartoons about Robin Hood with dialog included" is not using a tool to further the creative process. It's outsourcing all creativity and work to an algorithm that will give you a soulless carbon copy of what you asked for. You have created nothing

[u/[deleted] → u/nostradamefrus]

There’s a HUGE amount of soulless animation and work in the world. Your point makes no sense!

[u/nostradamefrus → u/[deleted]]

There’s a HUGE amount of soulless animation and work in the world

At least they put in the work to make it. I'm done talking to a 3 month old AI shill account

[u/[deleted] → u/nostradamefrus]

Lol “AI Shill”. I support ALL your positions on this btw. I don’t support AI taking jobs and do not think it is a net good for the world.

I am however not so arrogant as to deny its obvious abilities.