I think AI replacing artists is going to be a good thing in the long run.
Right now, if you want custom artwork made without the use of AI you have to either criminally underpay an artist on Fiverr or pay an artist hundreds of dollars to make one piece which you may not like.
I think the cat is out of the bag on AI generated art pieces and there's no way to put it back in, and so future artists will use a combination of their actual art skills and their ability to work with an AI system to create entirely new and currently nearly impossible art pieces, and there is an entire field of unexplored possibilities waiting to be tapped by Future artists.
AI can't make new art.
All it can do is repurpose pieces of art other people have made, just like Auto-Tune can make you sing on pitch but it can't make you a good singer.
You seem to have a pretty unhealthy idea of what art is and what it’s function is in the world. Private commissions are one way that artists can monetize what they do, but art and commissions are completely independent concepts.
The gom jabbar was held to Paul’s neck, though, and I imagine the same would be true for Thor.
You were thinking of the pain box, perhaps. The pain box is the test, the gom jabbar is the concentrated poison weapon that enforced participation in the test.
What if P-Noid zombies aren't just soulless creatures but are sentinels watching us? How better to to guard your prisoners and make sure they never escape than to not let them know they're in prison to begin with, right?
We shouldn't rush the gates to try to make kbin just like Reddit.
Sure it might help people migrate but it well ultimately cause this site to stagnate because people can see the exact same things on Reddit that they can see here, but with a lot more engagement on Reddit.
So, I've been trying to utilize other instances of kbin and every single other instance I go to requires a different and unique login. I could somebody explain what I'm doing wrong? I assumed that my identity would be federated and so I could use other instances without a new sign in for each one.
You are attempting to go to other people's homes to watch their tv, featuring the tv channels you already have at home. You are struggling with your house key not working on their doors.
I recommend you stay in your own home and surf the channels from your own tv.
Meaning, add the subscriptions from your own kbin server, to their content.
Go to your own instance (I see you're on kbin), click "Magazines" and use the search tool. There you can find content from other instances. Try searching for "lemmy.world" for example, and it should list all the communities on that instance.