Great points in the essay and an interesting research paper. My big frustration right now is that there is so much shaming around any use of AI in any manner in art and writing. Yet these same artists and writers overlook that they're inspired by art. In fact, we learn to do art by studying other artists. We learn to write by studying other prose. We aren't uniquely creative, we are derivatively creative. It's something I wrote about here in AI Is['nt] Killing Artists:
Great points in the essay and an interesting research paper. My big frustration right now is that there is so much shaming around any use of AI in any manner in art and writing. Yet these same artists and writers overlook that they're inspired by art. In fact, we learn to do art by studying other artists. We learn to write by studying other prose. We aren't uniquely creative, we are derivatively creative. It's something I wrote about here in AI Is['nt] Killing Artists:
https://www.polymathicbeing.com/p/ai-isnt-killing-artists
These are absolutely true reflections Michael. I’m glad you appreciated it, looking forward to reading your next issues on the topic!