I don’t seek out arguments about AI, because it’s not worth my time. But if someone who’s clearly connected to a community I value comes at me, I do my best to discuss the topics reasonably. And when I do… it’s just so sad how circular and incoherent the anti arguments are.
I guess that saying this might draw more people into arguing at me. And that thought makes me tired. But also, I decided some time ago that I wasn’t going to let the meanness of the anti crowd make be quiet.
I have my beliefs. I love AI art. Calling me names won’t change that.
It does drag me down, though, that a lot of people will call me names and question my empathy and basically call me a bad person because I won’t cave to their philosophical beliefs.
It does nothing to change my mind, and it makes me think less of them. But it’s still sad.
Anyone who’s been paying attention to me for any real length of time should know really well by now that I don’t form my beliefs based on what’s popular. So, telling me that a lot of people disagree with me is basically just, like, yeah, what’s new? That’s been going on forever.
Like, seriously, I’m cut off from a substantial portion of my own family due to political differences, but sure, strangers calling me names will DEFINITELY make me change my mind about being in favor of AI programs. *rolls eyes* (This was sarcasm. Heavy sarcasm.)
I’ve never really been susceptible to peer pressure, and that hasn’t changed just because the peers are fellow artists/writers and the pressure is to hate on AI programs.