I don't think it's a particularly mentally challenging concept to understand that we're not upset about the general concept of doing things at scale, and that it depends on what the thing in question is.
For instance, you'd probably not be terribly upset about me randomly approaching you on the street once - mildly annoyed at most. You'd probably be much more upset if I followed you around 24/7 every time you entered a public space and kept badgering you.
idiomaddict@feddit.de 1 year ago
Yes, but if “things” is replaced by scamming artists, that’s a shitty soxiety
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Artists aren’t being scammed. They’re being replaced by automated systems. It’s the same thing that happened to weavers and glassblowers. The issue isn’t that their job is being automated. It’s that people replaced by automation aren’t compensated. Blame the game, not the players.
gregorum@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It’s much closer to having glass blowing artists designs, perfectly replicated in an automated fashion, and at scale. I would argue that it is tantamount to being scammed.
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
In this specific case, it’s more like a bunch of glassblowers were being paid to make designs on behalf of a company. Then they went on strike, and the company decided it would be cheaper to replicate their designs with an automated system than to meet the workers’ demands.