:yea:

The context of the reddit thread was discussing how to best make money from AI generators btw

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    No. They have your skill and artistry and potential. And they can exploit them as much as they want, in whatever way they want, for eternity, for free.

    Why would anyone hire you? Why would anyone pay you for your labor? They don't need you anymore. They've stolen all the things that made you special. You're redundant now. They've found a way to reduce labor costs to 0, permanently.

    We all knew that eventually the techbros would use automation to replace labor entirely, then massacre everyone they didn't need until all that is left in the world is machines and the tiny handful of hyper-capitalists who control them. This is just one more step towards that future.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        All of the problems with AI are problems with capital. Capital controls all the AI. AI is now the means of production and we don't own it.

        If artists didn't need to create to survive this wouldn't be a problem. But they do, so it is.