History repeating. Or accelerating.

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This is one of my biggest questions about widespread use of AI. Will it help us come up with novel ideas or just re-feed us more of the same?

I've been using stable diffusion for months now and it could easily generate endless images that look exactly like the stuff in that article. Except for the images with text, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

I think it will be cheaper and easier to soothe the masses with bland, average content. At the same time, perhaps a new role emerges for those who do the hard work of sifting through an endless stream of generated content, elevating the rare gems, for an audience that wants to keep things weird.

I think this is money: "At the same time, perhaps a new role emerges for those who do the hard work of sifting through an endless stream of generated content, elevating the rare gems, for an audience that wants to keep things weird."

I also think there will be people who are especially good at getting an AI to create weird and interesting things, almost like playing an instrument particularly well or uniquely. Something like the Ani DiFranco of AI 🙂

Ani DiFranco of AI—love it!