Most people don’t need more information.
They need to notice what’s already in front of them.
The weird habit.
The hidden assumption.
The thing everyone accepts because everyone else accepts it.
The ordinary moment that becomes absurd when you look at it from the wrong angle.
That’s the kind of thing I’m interested in finding.
The stuff you’ve seen a thousand times but never actually looked at.
A mechanic hears a bad engine.
A musician hears a bad mix.
A carpenter sees something slightly crooked.
Expertise is basically unlocking details that were always there.
@catturd2 I'll never understand why people trust and look up to actors.
Their whole life is literally getting paid to pretend to be someone they are not.
Yes, I could do it manually.
I could also calculate taxes with an abacus.
“It can be done the harder way” isn’t an argument against the easier tool.
And I don’t respect AI like it has feelings. I respect what it lets me accomplish. I feel roughly the same way about my washing machine.
@Tectone Even if we ignore the dog shocking...
The man said the dog needs more structured, regimented discipline because "she wants to roam the house".
Sounds like a prisoner.
@AssMulcherr Honest question:
If I use AI on an image, song, or video and continuously refine it until it matches exactly what I envisioned, is that still “regurgitated slop”?
If yes, then your issue isn’t lack of creativity. It’s that you don’t respect the tool.
You went from “AI devalues creativity” to “prove AI has any benefit to humanity.”
Fine:
tutoring, translation, accessibility, coding assistance, document analysis, communication aids, and giving people without money or technical training access to capabilities they simply didn’t have before.
If you genuinely can’t imagine a single useful application, they we might need to evaluate your own creativity.
I don't think freedom is having nothing attached to you.
The better version is having enough control over your life that you get to choose what deserves your time, effort, loyalty, and responsibility.