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Comment on Culture no longer exists in our reality today because the actors responsible for it most of it have long been deprived of their livelihood.

RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

We will always have art because it is a fundamental human thing to do no matter if we do it for money or just for ourselves. What we lose is the potential output of artists who could make a living making great things all day every day and feed themselves doing it.

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DandomRude@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
What makes you so sure, when there’s not even the prospect of making a living from it anymore? Do you think most artists do it as a hobby?

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- RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Yes. That’s why artists are always taken advantage of so often. They know artists do it because because they love it and can be paid and treated like shit. Just look at the video game industry.
  
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  - squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    This is very much it. If there’s people doing it for free, that pushes the resale value down a lot.
    
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  - DandomRude@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Then I can turn it into a business. With LLMs, that’s hardly a problem anymore. Don’t worry: I’ll do it alongside my job - just a hobby that brings in some nice extra income.
    
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    entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    If you think people will pay for AI slop, you must be young or deeply cynical
    
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- entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  The vast vast vast majority of artists create art without expectations of payment nor the ability to do it full time, yes.
  
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