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morrisjr1989 t1_ja2u0cc wrote

Reply to comment by SpinCharm in AI is accelerating the loss of individuality in the same way that mass production and consumerism replaced craftsmanship and originality in the 20th century. But perhaps there’s a silver lining. by SpinCharm

I think they’ll keep the term “dynamic content”. Unless there’s specific use case when telling someone everything they’re seeing is AI generated, such as car shopping for best prices, which will probably be “smart” (or derivative )something or just say AI generated.

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Javi2 t1_ja2sut5 wrote

Reply to How far off are we from not needing to learn languages? by AmericanMonsterCock

Different people different opinions I guess.

To me, communicating with a person in front of me through a third party (whether human or software) is not the same as communicating with them directly.

For me, the exception would be a physical inability to communicate directly (a la Stephen Hawking).

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Shot-Job-8841 t1_ja2qykp wrote

Reply to comment by Jonsj in How far off are we from not needing to learn languages? by AmericanMonsterCock

> Language is just a friction that stop us from communicating

There’s an entire school of psychology that considers language to be both the medium and the message. The idea is that your thoughts are shaped by language.

Calling it “just friction” is a gross oversimplification that treats vast amounts of salient nuance as so much obsolete baggage. Language is not a vestigial organ to be resigned to some psycho-cultural waste bin.

The wide variety of languages in the word provide more material for innovation: certain concepts are genuinely easier to express in specific languages because there is no truly appropriate equivalent.

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AmericanMonsterCock OP t1_ja2qdbg wrote

Reply to comment by HairyPossibility676 in How far off are we from not needing to learn languages? by AmericanMonsterCock

What's the problem? I asked a genuine question..

Of course i don't mean that we would just drop languages like what the fuck. There exists communities out there in the world which remain unknown for most english speakers. God forbid we try and bridge the gap so more people can come together without having to learn 50 languages.

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drekmonger t1_ja2q5vf wrote

Reply to comment by RoosterBrewster in AI is accelerating the loss of individuality in the same way that mass production and consumerism replaced craftsmanship and originality in the 20th century. But perhaps there’s a silver lining. by SpinCharm

Well, of course, there will be something like "holodeck modules" that are meant to be interactive. But also I think there will be more static experiences that you can optionally fiddle with.

Imagine a very dense natural language description of a changing scene that a super advanced AI is rendering in real time.

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genshiryoku t1_ja2pugm wrote

Reply to comment by 321gogo in AI is accelerating the loss of individuality in the same way that mass production and consumerism replaced craftsmanship and originality in the 20th century. But perhaps there’s a silver lining. by SpinCharm

I disagree with this especially due to the popularity of Youtube and Tiktok where everyone has completely different video feeds based on their own interests.

I think the recommendation engine just generating the media you want to watch is the clear next step and something that traditional media can't compete with.

I think you wanting to connect with others over shared media consumption is just a sign of our generation and not shared by Gen Z in the same way.

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RoosterBrewster t1_ja2pu23 wrote

Reply to comment by SpinCharm in AI is accelerating the loss of individuality in the same way that mass production and consumerism replaced craftsmanship and originality in the 20th century. But perhaps there’s a silver lining. by SpinCharm

Well people are enthused by AI currently because it can create things in fractions of a second. It's like when people were creating images in Photoshop when it came out. I don't think it's viewed as a panacea of "museum-level" art. It will likely be used more as a tool to refine things.

But I imagine there will be a point where it is indistinguishable from human created art. Then how will you value any image then?

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Surur t1_ja2okvy wrote

Reply to comment by drekmonger in AI is accelerating the loss of individuality in the same way that mass production and consumerism replaced craftsmanship and originality in the 20th century. But perhaps there’s a silver lining. by SpinCharm

This will definitely be possible, and we see this on a smaller scale where for video calls instead of sending the video stream the app merely sends an initial image of your face and then subsequent position and pose updates, and the app just re-renders it at the other end.

https://youtu.be/dVa1xRaHTA0?t=80

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Rogermcfarley t1_ja2oeqa wrote

Reply to comment by NxPat in How far off are we from not needing to learn languages? by AmericanMonsterCock

That's all this current AI is, a tool. There are no Victorian lamp lighters any more because electric lighting was invented. There are no VHS video stores anymore because DVDs and Blu Rays exist and whilst they co-exist most people stream There's 1000s of examples whereby technology automated or made job roles extinct and this is no different currently. We will adapt and use the tools given to us. Eventually when machines can replace so many of our roles then we'll need technology to integrate this commuting power with our biology. That is some way off being fully realised.

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RoosterBrewster t1_ja2o3qw wrote

Reply to comment by Surur in AI is accelerating the loss of individuality in the same way that mass production and consumerism replaced craftsmanship and originality in the 20th century. But perhaps there’s a silver lining. by SpinCharm

I could imagine Google or Facebook generating even more targeted ads by creating very individualized text upon the page loading. Or a streaming TV show that can have product placement changed on the fly.

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Gibbonici t1_ja2ns1l wrote

Reply to comment by found_my_keys in AI is accelerating the loss of individuality in the same way that mass production and consumerism replaced craftsmanship and originality in the 20th century. But perhaps there’s a silver lining. by SpinCharm

The challenge in the future is going to be supporting everyone whose job has been superceded by technology. AI advancements aren't going to stop at art and artists.

For us to adapt to this new world is going to involve massive shifts in the way our economies work, how we view work ethics and the very concept of a fair days wage for a fair days work. It will involve overturning the ideas of wealth, ambition, motivation, reward, self-worth, heirarchy, identity, etc, etc, etc that underpin the very nature of our societies.

The kicker is that societal and cultural changes like this lag technological progress on a multi-generational scale.

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rileyoneill t1_ja2nriv wrote

Reply to comment by d_gold in AI is accelerating the loss of individuality in the same way that mass production and consumerism replaced craftsmanship and originality in the 20th century. But perhaps there’s a silver lining. by SpinCharm

Technical work gets old really fast. Art really involves tying together many human experiences and how people connect to each other. I think a major issue today is that a lot of contemporary art is over saturated junk. Its much easier for AI to do that. It will be easy to create really good looking things that have little to no meaning.

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