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Art is more artistic, it’s more of an expression of human ideas.

I don’t want AI either but I find AI art more offensive

There's nothing inherently offensive about AI generated art. You simply choose to dislike it. Are you offended by screws made by industrial machines instead of hand-carved?

Well, other than the fact that it’s art-shaped extrude, not art.

I didn’t say you had to.

And machine screws are a lot less art that art is, obviously, so I don’t think that comparison helps your case. Screws are the code equivalent in the analogy.

My point is that some object created by an automated process that serves its purpose should not be offensive. You can absolutely have a preference, but offended? On what grounds is something created by AI inherently offensive? And how can that be uniquely applied to art but not software?

If you think the only point of art is to serve a functional purpose, I think we’ll have to agree to disagree

> You simply choose to dislike it.

Too reductive.

I choose to dislike the taste of cilantro, but that choice is wired into many people and doesn’t present as a choice at all: it is instinctual.

Completely aside, but you maybe haven't even chosen to dislike cilantro. Some people have some gene configuration that make them taste cilantro like soap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OR6A2

Yeah, I chose that example on purpose because of this.

“choice” rarely factors, since I technically could choose to continue consuming it despite disliking it- which is pretty much what the parent is suggesting.

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