We've been doing it for genetic modification for ages. If it's possible to stop people from making human-chihuahua baby hybrids en masse, why is it impossible to stop people from culturally devaluing art en masse?

I don't think it's reactionary to have a cultural concern like this, either. Especially when the concern boils down to hyper-commodification. I'm not concerned about some abstract "rot" of society, but rather the commodification of art itself.

  • jaeme
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    9 months ago

    Capitalism has already commodifed so many aspects of art production even without large neural nets. Think about the fact that the "industry-accepted" tools are all proprietary and behind exorbitant SaaSS/pay to rent models (both hardware and software). Neural nets didn't change much but just make copyright law even more a failure than it already is.