The reduction of art forms to a product under capitalism.
Instead of the artist being able to express their creativity and share it with the world, art instead becomes the artist being forced to guess the demands of the non-artistic.
Capitalism hates the artist, because art is unpredictable and unreliable and personal, which is what makes it exciting and unique. Capitalism needs steady predictable productivity that it can sell to it's conservativly trained public, and so it is the antithesis of the artistic process. This is why they are desperate to replace artists with AI.
Interestingly what we end up with as a result is a procession of increasingly mediocre derivative works. Eventually they get so shit they are rejected by the same pea brained audiences that drove their creation in the first place
This is why, while making games is my main hobby, I could never, ever do it as a career. The freedom to make what I want without worrying about profitability is worth more than all the money in the world.
The reduction of art forms to a product under capitalism.
Instead of the artist being able to express their creativity and share it with the world, art instead becomes the artist being forced to guess the demands of the non-artistic.
Capitalism hates the artist, because art is unpredictable and unreliable and personal, which is what makes it exciting and unique. Capitalism needs steady predictable productivity that it can sell to it's conservativly trained public, and so it is the antithesis of the artistic process. This is why they are desperate to replace artists with AI.
Good post. Also drives marvel slop.
Interestingly what we end up with as a result is a procession of increasingly mediocre derivative works. Eventually they get so shit they are rejected by the same pea brained audiences that drove their creation in the first place
This is why, while making games is my main hobby, I could never, ever do it as a career. The freedom to make what I want without worrying about profitability is worth more than all the money in the world.