{"id":16583,"date":"2024-11-15T14:38:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T13:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/15\/ai-isnt-about-unleashing-our-imaginations-its-about-outsourcing-them-the-real-purpose-is-profit\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T14:38:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T13:38:15","slug":"ai-isnt-about-unleashing-our-imaginations-its-about-outsourcing-them-the-real-purpose-is-profit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/15\/ai-isnt-about-unleashing-our-imaginations-its-about-outsourcing-them-the-real-purpose-is-profit\/","title":{"rendered":"AI isn\u2019t about unleashing our imaginations, it\u2019s about outsourcing them. The real purpose is profit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence doesn\u2019t just incrementally erode the rights of authors and other creators. These technologies are designed to replace creative workers altogether<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Back in 2022, when ChatGPT arrived, I was part of the first wave of users. Delighted but also a little uncertain what to do with it, I asked the system to generate all kinds of random things. A song about George Floyd in the style of Bob Dylan. A menu for a vegetarian dinner party. A briefing paper about alternative shipping technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The quality of what it produced was variable, but it made clear something that is even more apparent now than it was then. That this technology wasn\u2019t just a toy. Instead its arrival is an inflection point in human history. Over coming years and decades, AI will transform every aspect of our lives.<\/p>\n<p>Songs arise out of suffering \u2026 the complex, internal human struggle of creation \u2026 [but] algorithms don\u2019t feel. Data doesn\u2019t suffer \u2026 What makes a great song great is not its close resemblance to a recognisable work. Writing a good song is not mimicry, or replication, or pastiche, it is the opposite. It is an act of self-murder that destroys all one has strived to produce in the past.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/nov\/16\/ai-isnt-about-unleashing-our-imaginations-its-about-outsourcing-them-the-real-purpose-is-profit\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7a2e49dccd133addff04a5debdea591957ebbfbe\/0_283_5472_3283\/master\/5472.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=75ae2c0a21cbdba9854d82c2c60a60ce\" title=\"AI isn\u2019t about unleashing our imaginations, it\u2019s about outsourcing them. The real purpose is profit\" \/>Artificial intelligence doesn\u2019t just incrementally erode the rights of authors and other creators. These technologies are designed to replace creative workers altogether<br \/>\nGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email<br \/>\nBack in 2022, when ChatGPT arrived, I was part of the first wave of users. Delighted but also a little uncertain what to do with it, I asked the system to generate all kinds of random things. A song about George Floyd in the style of Bob Dylan. A menu for a vegetarian dinner party. A briefing paper about alternative shipping technologies.<br \/>\nThe quality of what it produced was variable, but it made clear something that is even more apparent now than it was then. That this technology wasn\u2019t just a toy. Instead its arrival is an inflection point in human history. Over coming years and decades, AI will transform every aspect of our lives.<br \/>\nSongs arise out of suffering \u2026 the complex, internal human struggle of creation \u2026 [but] algorithms don\u2019t feel. Data doesn\u2019t suffer \u2026 What makes a great song great is not its close resemblance to a recognisable work. Writing a good song is not mimicry, or replication, or pastiche, it is the opposite. It is an act of self-murder that destroys all one has strived to produce in the past.<br \/>\nSign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence doesn\u2019t just incrementally erode the rights of authors and other creators. These technologies are designed to replace creative workers altogether Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Back in 2022, when ChatGPT arrived, I was part of the first wave of users. Delighted but also a little uncertain what to do with it, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/15\/ai-isnt-about-unleashing-our-imaginations-its-about-outsourcing-them-the-real-purpose-is-profit\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AI isn\u2019t about unleashing our imaginations, it\u2019s about outsourcing them. 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