Studying the Enemy · 10:43am Apr 24th, 2023
I do not approve of using AI for creative purposes, nonetheless I am curious what they are capable of. Below the break is a FlutterDash I had ChatGPT wrote for me. It's boilerplate, but cute.
Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy sat on a cloud overlooking the beautiful landscape of Equestria. Rainbow Dash could feel her heart racing as she looked over at Fluttershy, who was staring off into the distance with a peaceful expression on her face.
"Hey, Fluttershy," Rainbow Dash said, trying to sound casual. "Isn't this view amazing?"
Fluttershy turned to look at Rainbow Dash and smiled softly. "Yes, it's very beautiful. I love spending time up here with you."
Rainbow Dash felt her cheeks flush as she returned Fluttershy's smile. "I love spending time with you too, Fluttershy. You always know how to make me feel better."
Fluttershy's eyes widened in surprise. "Really? I'm glad I can help. Is everything okay?"
Rainbow Dash took a deep breath and looked away for a moment. "I just...I wanted to tell you something. Something that's been on my mind for a while now."
Fluttershy looked at Rainbow Dash with concern. "Of course, Rainbow. You can tell me anything."
Rainbow Dash hesitated for a moment, then took Fluttershy's hoof in her own. "Fluttershy, I've known you for a long time now, and I've always thought you were amazing. But...lately, I've started to feel something more for you. Something deeper."
Fluttershy's eyes widened as she realized what Rainbow Dash was saying. "Rainbow, are you saying...?"
Rainbow Dash nodded, her heart pounding in her chest. "Yes, Fluttershy. I'm saying that I have feelings for you. Romantic feelings."
Fluttershy's expression softened as she looked into Rainbow Dash's eyes. "Rainbow, I had no idea. But...I think I might feel the same way."
Rainbow Dash felt her heart leap with joy as she heard Fluttershy's words. "Really? You do?"
Fluttershy nodded, a gentle smile on her face. "Yes, Rainbow. I do. And I'm so happy that you feel the same way."
Rainbow Dash felt tears welling up in her eyes as she pulled Fluttershy into a loving embrace. "I'm happy too, Fluttershy. I've wanted to tell you for so long, but I was always too scared. I didn't want to ruin our friendship."
Fluttershy hugged Rainbow Dash back, her voice soft and soothing. "You could never ruin our friendship, Rainbow. I care about you too much for that. And now...maybe we can be more than just friends."
Rainbow Dash pulled back slightly to look into Fluttershy's eyes. "Do you really mean that, Fluttershy? Do you really want to be with me?"
Fluttershy smiled softly and nodded. "Yes, Rainbow. I really do. I want to be with you."
Rainbow Dash felt her heart swell with joy as she leaned in to kiss Fluttershy, their lips meeting in a gentle embrace. As they pulled back, Rainbow Dash knew that this was just the beginning of their love story. And she couldn't wait to see where it would take them.
Again, I am not creatively responsible for this story in any meaningful sense.
Actually, I expressed my fears to it, and this is what it said:
I understand your concern, but as an AI language model, I am simply a tool that can help writers like you generate ideas, provide suggestions, and even assist in the writing process. However, I am not a replacement for human creativity or the ability to tell a compelling story.
While I am able to generate text based on input prompts and a vast database of language patterns and structures, I do not have emotions, experiences, or the ability to make creative decisions on my own. I am simply a program that follows a set of algorithms and statistical models to generate output based on input data.
Ultimately, writing is a uniquely human skill that involves creativity, emotion, and personal experience. As an AI language model, I can assist in generating ideas or providing suggestions, but I cannot replicate the unique voice and perspective of a human writer.
So I don't think you should be afraid of me taking your job as a writer. Instead, you can use me as a tool to help you enhance your writing skills and explore new ideas.
I do not consider this ethical, but I hope that's how it works.
"I am not a replacement for human creativity"
Well, at least it's honest.
Saw a post just the other day about how "AI" is really just a marketing term. This is software that's very good at recognizing prompt-style speech and collating info together in a manner approximating human output, but there's no actual 'intelligence' at play whatsoever. We're not at that level, and I'm of the mind we never will be, certainly not in our own lifetimes.
You’re right. It’s not ethical.
But it is indeed how it is working.
Look on Fiverr for people designing small artworks (such as logos and emblems) as commissions.
Then go to DALLE and see what that AI can do for free.
My mother does proof reading as a side gig. I’m talking about technical articles and professional works. It is complex and laborious to learn. Basically English Major stuff.
Why pay a human when GPT does it for free?
“Kill the humans.”
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What really saddens me is these people on YouTube... the “get rich quick” crowd. They basically tell people how to pay a $20 monthly fee for DALLE to make artwork, then automate that to print logos on mugs and T-shirts and stuff.
Like seriously...!! How about if we use AI to generate a “talking head” style YouTube channel and put THEM out of pocket??
So sad. Humans touting AI to replace creative sector humans, like it’s a good thing for society.
Depends, you can't blame tools for people not using them in a correct way. The issue is more about people wanting more CONTENT for themselves to consume by behalf of those who make it AKA the "creative people" who have their own limits.
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Yes, true.
You have the little guys not wanting to pay for commission works.
But there is also more to it.
We all know of the large companies who have trained AI on artistic works that have been copyrighted by human artists, yes?
Then they charge fees for using their engine to produce artwork, that only exists due to the copyrighted works of human artists now pronounced irrelevant.
That is the bigger issue which is also going through courts.
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For the record, the Supreme Court has ruled that machine learning generated art (or more exactly any portion of an AI generated art not human-modified) is not eligible for copyright. I can’t begin to interpret the implications of this. It makes me feel more valued as a human artist/writer, but Something about it makes me uneasy. My cynicism says most likely they ruled this way because Disney et al are more worried about AI data sets stealing their stuff than they are hungry to rip off smaller IP holders.
FWIW. I am not a Lawyer. I am sometimes a conspiracy theorist tho. ;)
Link:
https://newrepublic.com/article/170898/ai-midjourney-art-copyright-office
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Yah the colloquial term AI implies more “Lt. Commander Data” than “algorithm trained to produce responses that please humans with no understanding of what it’s doing”. As a shorthand it would be fine except that people inevitably conflate the ideas. Which leads to problems. My autistic side says it’s rage-inducingly imprecise even as my ADHD side whines that “machine learning generated” is too long to type in my phone every time.
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dang, and we couldn't call it MLG, that's been taken by Major League Gaming! D: guess we'll just have to stop doing it, shucky darn