I am not personally attacking anyone nor being reactionary. What was the personal attack? Claiming that opportunistically using amputees as shields is disingenuous as a defense?
I’m not even talking about working artists, I’m talking about the masses casting aside any method of self-expression other than the machine provided to them by the capitalists.
Because I do not view human self-expression on an individual scale as something that should be automated away as superfluous labour. Art creation is already socialized, that's the entire idea behind anyone of any skill level being able to do it. Cooking, indie film, paintings, memes, shitposts, doodles, cartoons, singing, music, all of these avenues of expression have readily accessible entry points, and some of them like pencil drawing don't cost more than 2 dollars a year no matter what skill level you are. I view art created by the masses as the proletariat attempting to reclaim the humanity that capitalism has alienated them from. Relegating that last vestige of connection with their fellow workers is not only dystopian, but antithetical to communism's end goal of de-alienating the proletariat.
The internet is a communication network. A phone is a machine. I don't see how these items are replacing anything except less-efficient technologies. If that's what you want to argue human art is then that's where we disagree. Human expression isn't a "technology" that can be automated into obsolescence, because at the end of the day, why? What is accomplished by allowing a machine to create a mono-culture where all works are inevitably the same?
The exception does not make the rule. How may people with no arms do you think there are relative to the population of the globe? They also don't need to draw if they don't want to. They can write, using voice to text, they can use a specialized mouse to create 3D animations, they can sing, they can express themselves beyond a slop machine. Hiding behind the poor and amputees is disgusting.
I believe AI is perfectly dialectical in regard to medical research for example, but not in automating self-expression. All that will do is lead to the "sameification" of human culture.
Why should the proletariat strive toward replacing their self-expression with mindless, autogenerated slop manufactured by a machine? I genuinely cannot think of a more effective way a capitalist society could create a false-consciousness and cultural hegemony. Not only are large studios and producers part of the superstructure, but any and all individuals part of the masses should be conditioned into giving up the last vestiges of ideological resistance and means of preventing alienation from their fellow worker.
I'm not even talking about working artists, I'm talking about the masses casting aside any method of self-expression other than the machine provided to them by the capitalists.
Anyone can pick up a paper and pencil. Art books are widely available in libraries, or for piracy online. Some communities have communal art events or clubs. Digital art and graphic design programs are all cracked online or open source. Hundreds of thousands of Youtube and Bilibili videos and tutorials. Your own imagination is also perfectly free to use. Famously no poor people have ever drawn or created any form of art, ever, in the history of humanity.
How is this a class issue? Are you saying poor people aren't able to pick up a pencil and doodle for 15 minutes if they wanted to, or open photoshop or blender? Hiding behind the poor as an excuse is an insane defense for a corporate slop machine.
Instead of a poor trying to come up with a way to express themselves, they should instead type their thoughts into the capitalist machine and alienate themselves further from their humanity and self. No need to improve, no need to think, no need to interact with the world around you.
The original post was in the generic GPT style with weird plasticy people, general incoherent composition, elements that were just straight goofy, Lenin speaking in nordic runes and tongues, and a weird mass-produced slop feel, among other issues. As was mentioned in another comment, the original post felt like the Marvelification of Lenin.
Everyone starts somewhere too, and I don't think anyone would expect a beginner's skill would stay at that level for very long.
I don't think that I could create a Rembrandt level comic but I've been slowly learning to draw and going from what you created to even just something a little better is a lot of fun.
I'm not taking the piss though, minimalist images like that are genuinely funny. Plus knowing that someone took five minutes to open up MS paint and make that makes the image more endearing in a way? Like the person obviously cares and they're trying their best to show it with the skills they have. Even making something silly like that requires creativity.
Honestly you could probably make do with half a broken pencil and the back of a receipt. A bunch of digital art programs are also free or easy to pirate.
Can anyone track down the source on the 9 billion figure? The DOD source the article links gives a figure of around 4-5 billion, and I'm wondering if I missed something. Some news articles claim 20 billion was spent, some claim 3 billion, and no one seems to have a primary source.
Since WW2? Both the Soviets and Americans pulled out some insane engineering feats throughout the Cold War, I'd say that with Reagan consolidating the military industrial complex in the early 80s in light of the Soviet Unions imminent collapse, the stage was set for corporations to kick up their feet.
Whoever sent you that analysis didn't even bother editing out the weird emojis that GPT is in love with. Quite literally 0% of that response was reasoned or formulated by a person.
Forget melting, the time frame during which the strait is clear of ice is expanding by entire months each year. The passage used to only be navigable from July to October, but now ships can traverse the waters as early as May and as late as November.
Seems like the opinion is pretty heavily split, that’s nowhere near a “majority opinion” despite what you might tell yourself.