Yeah, it's over. Why would a kid want to spend thousands of hours practicing with pencil and paper, when they can get a much more impressive result by typing a couple of words on a web site?
The same reason that photorealism as an artistic movement still exists despite photography existing.
The same reason people still learn to play the piano.
Why do people do anything that has an arguably better and more efficient option available?
Thousands of people do and produce wonderful works of art. Even before the AI craze, not everyone embraced even "plain old" digital art. The physicality of feeling a graphite pencil scratching a blank page is gratifying and cannot be reproduced by typing a prompt somewhere online.
The other day I saw a skilled artist on social media saying that it feels pointless after AI, and I found it really sad.
Knowing any non-prompt skill just becomes a frustration, you know the machine can make the finished product in 5 seconds yet you have to spend the 20 hours it used to take when the output will just be judged against how many promptings could be done in those hours.
It’s like a musket against the A10 gatling gun
I’d never advise anyone to bother learning anything that’s promptable.
Just embrace it because honestly everything else is over.
What is the pinnacle of human achievement? I guess anything you say, someone else will claim that's not it either.
What is the pinnacle of human achievement?
Clearly not art if we measure it by how easy it is to automate. Is that why artists took pride in themselves? Because they thought they couldn't be automated? Because some one said that art was important because of feelings?
I dunno, you introduced this line of questioning. You're the one who talked about assumptions. Isn't it up to you to answer it?
> Clearly not art if we measure it by how easy it is to automate
No, "clearly" nothing. I'm disagreeing with you here.
> Because some one said that art was important because of feelings?
Is anything that humans do important to you? If so, why? If not, why not?
I'm going to show all my cards here: I think the nihilistic view that nothing ultimately matters so why worry about anything at all, and let's concede all battles, is antithetical to human existence. You're not outright espousing this nihilistic worldview, but you're coming quite close in my opinion.
If you don't care about art, then pick something you do care about. If you don't care about anything enough, then all debate will be fruitless.
> Why would a kid want to spend thousands of hours practicing with pencil and paper, when they can get a much more impressive result by typing a couple of words on a web site?
No I did not introduce this line of questioning.
Anyway, it seems like a lot of "meaning" people get out of thing is actually completely based on pride and if there is something out there that can do it better it's not worth doing because their sense of pride is destroyed.
In essence, humans reject the potential for a scarcity free paradise because of lack of "meaning" (aka pride). It's almost biblical.
Edit: so you don't care about meaning? It's one of the fundamental human traits, I think. Just existing isn't enough for a lot of people, and I disagree there's something biblical about this.
I didnt introduce this line of questioning. Learn to reread and maybe tjink a little more deeply about the good outcomes of automating intelligence.
You just have to be a complete moron to think more intelligence in the world is a bad thing.