The general fear, mistrust, anxiety, and personal nearly existential threat so many talented creative people feel regarding AI is saddening.
I feel like they don’t truly value their own creative work, or understand how non-algorithmic their creativity really is.
There will always be people who would rather settle for mediocre work, situations where that makes more sense than engaging full-on creative work.
But those people and those situations are not why we create, my friends.
At least, that’s not why I write poems. 🤷
Honestly, I blame Capitalism for this one. Too many artists have commodified themselves. It’s ok to get money in life, sure, but always remember that a painting is more than the residue of the application of a brush to a canvas.