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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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The worst part about the AI art discussion are the humans. (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by Skullgrid@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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On the one hand, you have low effort jackasses that take "the machine" and just use it to churn out trash.

On the other hand, you have zealots insisting that anything that is made by a person is made of 100% divine treasure that they did not give a shit about 2 years ago.

On the other hand, you have boardrooms full of assholes that preyed on artists to exploit their humble backgrounds and use them as faces to push trends for money, with 0 interest in any expression what so ever. They ruined the entire concept of art long before AI came along.

In the middle, you have a machine that answers the previously philosophical question : what would come out if you combined every artwork a human being made and let people use it to create their dreams?

On the other hand you have assholes using said artwork machine as an excuse to fire everyone, ruin the environment even faster, and overthrow political systems.

Like fuck all of this.

EDIT : Oh, and how could I forget the pre-AI prompt artists, "installation artists" whose job it is to know museum curators and rich people and write instructions about how to assemble boxes or tape bananas to walls. Good job assholes.

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[–] crayons_to_chaos@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think the idea is that the art is the discovery that the pedal and the guitar let you express yourself, and what you express there.