What can we do to make sure human #creativity can keep flourishing, rather than being drowned out by #plagiarism and one-offs?
I am an incurable #optimist, and at the same time curious to see how all of this unfolds over the coming months.
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@markus @solidtrax @nielso @daseinslaborant @KatS @enigmatico Without knowing the future, I am especially wondering how artists and engineers will be able to make a living from their work until something like a universal basic income might become a reality.
Because, it seems that earning money from art and from software that humans can use to making art is becoming increasingly difficult in a world that is increasingly flooded with artificially generated (or assisted) software and art. 🤔
I don't think AI is the problem. The problem began before that with Spotify. (Rick Beato would say: With Napster. Some call it: The Napster Moment.)
In 2015, I was part of a band that could reach break-even with a CD album production. By selling CDs mostly on gigs. We were not famous
This is impossible today.
The audience, however, likely does spend that money. But just not on CDs or downloads or concert tickets. Subscriptions to NetFflix, Spotify, perhaps even ChatGPT or Claude AI, perhaps Adobe, expensive mobile phone service contracts with unlimited data, all of these were not relevant in 2015. Neither was buying a ridiculously expensive new iPhone every 2 years.
AI in music only takes away money for what some people call muzak… like background music to corporate image video that back in the day somebody needed to write and to record.
If people listen to AI slop music on Spotify instead of real music, most musicians get the same zero € for their music from Spotify as they did before AI.
@nielso I think all of that is true. However, AI has introduced a whole new dimension for software developers. However, I suppose Spotify and Apple Music are just as industry destroyers, as AI is, if that makes any sense.
@markus @solidtrax @nielso @daseinslaborant @KatS @enigmatico Aside from that, I think we should all continue to do what fulfills us and allows us to express ourselves.
But, yeah, I guess there are many unanswered questions surrounding this topic.
Perhaps the "bubble" will burst, and those questions will become irrelevant (at least for a while). 😜 Who knows. 😇
@amadeus@mstdn.social Paint in a canvas. Make a clay figure. Play a song in a real instrument.
AI only works in the digital world.
@amadeus The first answer off the top of my head is to recognise, support and encourage each other.
And to hold faith that we can get through, that this tidal wave of slop will have its moment and pass into an embarrassing moment in history. Like NFTs.
I personally find it challenging to value my own creative work enough. It seems to me, the more advanced, "fine", and artistic things get, the less it is possible to reach out to others with your work and also to get positive feedback.
Those who excel at playing today's marketing game are the one getting attention, and the quality of their creative products is not equally relevant to their success. In this context it is only logical to replace the productivity by AI, since the actual outcome is not as relevant as the skills to play the Suckerborg game.
I believe there are enough recipients for more artsy-fartsy stuff, but it has become virtually impossible to reach out to them online, and it takes years to navigate through the offline scenes in order to get somewhere.
So, the only chance is to be positive about one's own work and carry on, even though there is almost no audience any more.
@amadeus Your question is really resonating here, and I've started to read more on the topic of artistic creation processes in the past months. Just some ideas: acknowledge making art is hard and time intensive; embrace the imperfect and give constructive feedback; keep talking to each other, go out and practice your creativity with others; don't take every opportunity for shortcuts just because it's cheap; work under limitations and keep exploring your tools and skills; don't stop making art.
@daseinslaborant @amadeus It resonates here also. I craft presets for a living (and some other music software/hardware related tasks) but the creation process of presets is just tedious and takes a long time do just right. I am fine with some vibe coding for example, but it seems "everyone" is doing it, and at really a high pace. For sounds this could be the same 😐 I agree with Sebastian, and would like to add to share your art out there is probably a good way to deal with this and feel alive.
@solidtrax @amadeus Yes, the speed and scale of new creations is really overwhelming these days. Some great books that helped me overcome this fatigue are Art & Fear (David Bayles & Ted Orland), helping to understand the pains and rewards of artmaking; We Need Your Art (Amie McNee), inspiring to keep creating despite all the challenges; Deep Work (Cal Newport), to get into the zone of creativity in a distracted world, and of course The Creative Act (Rick Rubin) with its spiritual perspective.
@amadeus@mstdn.social I think every artist, musician... whatever the case may be, should just keep doing what they've been doing and not let anything rob them of their creativity. Everyone knows that incredible feeling when a piece of work is finished. That's a feeling no AI can replicate. It's just so human!