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Like, every AI generated thing I’ve seen, when viewed from the eyes of someone who actually knows what they’re doing, is at best below average. Maybe some things aren’t quite as bad as the general “AI slop”, but of the things I’m actually experienced in (code and art), I just see so many amateur mistakes in everything AI.

Regarding art, AI can make really visually appealing things, but it gets the details wrong. That’s something that a below average artist does. And regarding code, it’s the same thing. Overall, it has the appearance of decent code, but it gets the details wrong, just like a below average dev. (Probably about the level of a high school senior or college freshman.)

I’m not super experienced at writing, but I can also tell that it’s not very good at that. The stories it writes just aren’t compelling, but I’m not experienced enough to tell you why. And the same with music. It’s just below average, but I couldn’t tell you why.

I’m not trying to sound elitist by saying this, but I’ve noticed people who aren’t very good at these things tend to praise how good the AI is.

So, is it just me, or are the big fans of AI just below average at whatever the AI is doing?

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[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The Oatmeal had a wonderful post about AI art last year that captures so many of my own feelings around this: A cartoonist's review of AI art

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Wow, that is beautiful. So yeah, he and I mostly agree. I would say that AI probably should be heavily restricted, because right now it’s putting the entire economy into a really precarious place, and it’s also developed through extremely extensive copyright infringement. But yeah, that’s a great take.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I say let all the AI tech bros jam it into everything they want. When the bubble pops and all the giant corporations pushing this shit collapse it will free up space for a bunch of new little guys to move in and grow. THOSE are the ones that need to be restricted to make sure things never get so centralized again.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Hi, I’m a little guy! :) https://port87.com/

I hope Google and Microsoft never financially recover, so email is truly free (as in freedom) again.

PS: Restrict me, daddy.

PPS: I’m actually very in favor of restrictions for email providers. We should all have to play by the same rules.