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Final yr, the fantasy writer Joanna Maciejewska went viral (if such a factor continues to be doable on X) with a submit saying “I would like AI to do my laundry and dishes in order that I can do artwork and writing, not for AI to do my artwork and writing in order that I can do my laundry and dishes.” Clearly, it struck a chord with the disaffected lots.
Regrettably, 18 months after Maciejewska’s submit, the leisure trade insists that machines ought to make artwork and artists ought to do laundry. The streaming platform Disney+ has plans to let its customers generate their very own content material from its mental property as an alternative of, y’know, paying people to make some new Star Wars or Marvel films. Elsewhere, it appears AI-generated music is resonating with a depressingly giant viewers, provided that the AI band Breaking Rust has topped Billboard’s Nation Digital Music Gross sales chart. If the folks demand AI slop, who’re we to disclaim them?
