AI and the future

#3

Bro, that’s not what I asked - WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR ART???

#4

Not worried about it. Entertainment / ESCAPISM does well in times of prosperity and recession. People pay for things they cant afford already, its called a credit card and debt.

Everything you are worried about will take much longer than you think, and if you are paranoid about it, keep up and learn the new tech to stay relevant…I mean, whey do you think there is so many companies jumping on the VR/AR bandwagon? Not because they love VR and the clunky low res goggles, they love $$$ and have bills to pay.

#5

“Learn the new tech” - new tech? What new tech? I wasn’t talking about software taking YOUR job, I said software will take other people’s jobs - doctors, lawyers, accountants, etc etc, who will Then not have the money to pay for your CGI!! What do you intend to do about that??!!

#6

I like your “sky is falling” enthusiasm, but despite what trending internet articles are saying this month, ai wont be taking jobs, or as many, as fast as you think. There has always been a form of automation taking jobs in the past, ai is just the new buzzword for it. Again, its going to happen slowly, keep in mind there are plenty of companies/offices out there still running windows xp because their current system is set up on it, some places, are just switching over to non-paper documents, to give you an example of how fast things move on a grand scale in the real world…“rate of adoption”

So, with the realistic, slow, possible ai taking some jobs, people will do the same thing they did in the past to find work, and have money to pay for my cgi, be it switching fields, going back to school for a different in demand degree, etc etc.

So, what I intend to do, is not make assumptions from whats trending online, and be a bit more realistic about the future. I was talking to co-workers who have been in the field for 30+ years, back then they though by now we would all be in flying cars and things like that, but the reality is very different and slower than what magazines were trying to tout as the near future.

#7

There is way too much hype around a.i. and its impending capabilities, and at this point in time it is limited to simple functions the help with more laborious activities. I’m currently doing research for an educational production that explores execution of a.i., and through many recommended reads, so far all it pushes is gloomy realities for employment, but actual use and practices are no where near where they need to be to affect creative industries dramatically.

A.i. has no capacity to explore solutions creatively, it deals exclusively in prediction with use of readily available mass of data. And often, solutions are predictable, without the ability to extend outside of predefine guidelines.

#8

Great. Still going to cause major havoc in MY country though, IF it ever happens, cause everyone here is Dumb. Well, not EVERYbody - somebody has to PROGRAM the damn thing :slight_smile:

#9

If you’re the creative mind behind the AI then more jobs will be replaced or switched. They’ll be less jobs in each studio but more studios altogether.

#10

Why are you assuming its going to cause major havoc in your country in particular? Are you just guessing, or have a fear / paranoia about AI. The best thing you can do is real research and getting yourself informed before assuming its going to cause havoc…knowing the facts, based on real research, as apposed to internet blurbs would probably ease your fear of AI. Also, technology is global now, so why your country in particular? This thread seems to really be more about your fear and assumptions of AI.

Where are you from and what age range are you in? Just trying to figure out where the mindset is coming from. I am in the tech hub of Silicon Valley and SF, and despite what everyone thinks about the area who is not from here, innovation moves pretty slow, even if the idea is amazing, there is the whole cost and implementation factors. Just look at electric cars, they have been around years before the Prius, and gas motors are still the main engines. Even now, with electric becoming more popular, people who work at car shops are not screaming the sky is falling, because the slow implementation gives them time to learn to repair the new tech…which has its own slew of problems just like gas cars.

#11

PMed you.

#12

Most AI research is just a big tech investment scam.

#13

The thing that’s interesting about what you’re saying is that it’s quite possible that once most positions that require repetition and super accuracy (medicine, mechanics, maybe lawyers but probably not since interpretation of the law quite often can be subjective.)

Everything that’s hand crafted/artistically designed should attain a higher status.

As to how people will pay, some will pay as they always have. For others I think Guaranteed minimum income will play a role of some kind.

#14

It’s moved past the point of “maybe”:

#15

Hey, I just read this, thought it was interesting :slight_smile: :

#16

You’re right! - it Damn Well Better! :slight_smile:

#17

I mean…what are they going to send robot in courtrooms to argue with other robots? I know there’s research that has to be done, but my understanding is that that was always done by paralegals and and junior law firm associates. I can see streamlining, the underlying processes involved, but that can’t be more then 10% of the work force of most law firms I don’t think.

#18

Unfortunately, they either took the site down temporarily or permanently, the link to aiportraits.com is dead. aiportraits.org is working, but I don’t know if it’s the same tech. To me the samples look filtered the same as many other mobile apps or filters for Photoshop.

#19

There’s a whole WEBSITE for it, in case you’re interested :slight_smile: :

And also, Google found me THIS:

…but we’re getting off topic now…

#20

OK, TLDR, but THIS article looks VERY interesting:

#21

In some countries, minimum guaranteed income may evolve, for others it will very likely be increased unemployment and poverty. The big issue around a.i. is that those in westernized societies don’t extrapolate belong their local perspectives. Writers and researches live in silos, thinking only about the impact of a.i. in their country. In countries like China, a.i is currently being used to track and the population and it will only grow. Since China is the worlds largest investor in the field, It’s very likely they could be the first to develop an advanced a.i. algorithm, and it will be design to serve military initiatives. So how it impacts creatives, is the lesser of concerns.

#22

THIS thread on Quora looks interesting! :slight_smile: :

https://www.quora.com/Is-AI-an-existential-threat-to-humanity