People don't care because, largely, they can't. So much of what people are using AI for wouldn't be necessary if workloads and working weeks were reasonable, if people had the resources to do their jobs by hiring in human experts where necessary and weren't being subject to completely ridiculous demands by their bosses.
For a lot of people, the pandemic resulted in a higher workload which has now become completely normalised. It is any wonder people are turning to whatever tools promise to help them just get shit done, however shitily it does it? People are expected to use customised graphics in social media, for example, but without a budget to buy them in or hire someone to create them.
More and more money is funnelled up to the c-suite and shareholders, and there's less and less to actually get basic work done. No wonder AI is everywhere.
Surely this is good news. As user generated content becomes increasingly useless, people will seek out trusted sources. The return of the gatekeeper is near!
It's gloomy out and this email made me want to hide under a duvet and re-read old children's books.
(Side note, have you heard Rick Beato talking about how his kids can hear the difference between AI songs and real ones, but they assume this skill will wear off over time as AI songs get more ubiquitous? I thought that was an interesting concept and one worth studying. I wonder if eventually we'll start to rewire our brains so that we believe reality actually does look like AI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbo6SdyWGns
Wow he is AMAZING. So interesting! And his kids must have golden ears or something. I like the idea of people improvising over AI stuff - though, perhaps optimistically, I think people will still prefer to go and see *people* perform. (Then again, is a Kraftwerk gig really spontaneous in any way?) I'm off to see Anna Erhard, who does droll Swiss electropop, in October. No AI would generate *that*.
His son famously has perfect pitch so I think that helps, but someone in the comments said it’s something to do with Aliasing producing a wobble on the sound and if you slow the track down you can hear it better.
(Ps We had tickets to Anna in a tiny venue here in St Leonards last year but got covid! I was gutted. Also missed Katie J Pearson the previous year due to illness. So many upcoming acts play in small venues round here it’s brilliant)
People don't care because, largely, they can't. So much of what people are using AI for wouldn't be necessary if workloads and working weeks were reasonable, if people had the resources to do their jobs by hiring in human experts where necessary and weren't being subject to completely ridiculous demands by their bosses.
For a lot of people, the pandemic resulted in a higher workload which has now become completely normalised. It is any wonder people are turning to whatever tools promise to help them just get shit done, however shitily it does it? People are expected to use customised graphics in social media, for example, but without a budget to buy them in or hire someone to create them.
More and more money is funnelled up to the c-suite and shareholders, and there's less and less to actually get basic work done. No wonder AI is everywhere.
Surely this is good news. As user generated content becomes increasingly useless, people will seek out trusted sources. The return of the gatekeeper is near!
Ooh, good topic idea for next week.
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It's gloomy out and this email made me want to hide under a duvet and re-read old children's books.
(Side note, have you heard Rick Beato talking about how his kids can hear the difference between AI songs and real ones, but they assume this skill will wear off over time as AI songs get more ubiquitous? I thought that was an interesting concept and one worth studying. I wonder if eventually we'll start to rewire our brains so that we believe reality actually does look like AI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbo6SdyWGns
Wow he is AMAZING. So interesting! And his kids must have golden ears or something. I like the idea of people improvising over AI stuff - though, perhaps optimistically, I think people will still prefer to go and see *people* perform. (Then again, is a Kraftwerk gig really spontaneous in any way?) I'm off to see Anna Erhard, who does droll Swiss electropop, in October. No AI would generate *that*.
His son famously has perfect pitch so I think that helps, but someone in the comments said it’s something to do with Aliasing producing a wobble on the sound and if you slow the track down you can hear it better.
(Ps We had tickets to Anna in a tiny venue here in St Leonards last year but got covid! I was gutted. Also missed Katie J Pearson the previous year due to illness. So many upcoming acts play in small venues round here it’s brilliant)