Is AI ruining creativity?

[Xpensive Wino]

 

[fender69]

Yes

 

[J T]

AI is spewing so much bad information now that eventually nobody will know the difference between truth and fiction in the digital realm. History will be altered as people get lazy and believe everything that pops up on their little phone screen. People need to pull their head out of their ass and drop the phone.

 

[Amp360]

I think cell phones, in general, are ruining creativity.

 

[Vics53]

I find the term Artifical Intelligence to be a bit unsettling.

Speaking of phones, I'm seeing more and more people staring at their phones while walking. I can say in all honesty I'm not glued to my phone. I'm soon to be 72 and am so glad I grew up in a time that was filled with old school. While I can fully appreciate digital things like my Tascam recorders and my Pod Go, I really miss some of those simpler times prior to PC's. There was a certain warmth to the way things looked on TV and at the movies. Miss that.

My grandkids (ages 16, 11 and 7) can't picture how we managed without iPhones, video games and laptops. "But what did you do for fun grandpa?" Told them "well, we played baseball, played in the woods building tree platforms, went swimming, rode our bikes, read books and newspapers, built models, played board games and watched black and white TV!" I also added "and later on a lot of us learned how to play guitar." My 16 year old grandson was very interested with all of this and he actually said "I wish there was a time machine so I could go back and experience it all for myself because it all sounds so great." I told him make no mistake. Life was not fair for everybody back them. All I'm saying is that I miss the simpler aspect of it all, it was life as we knew it and it worked. Also told him because things weren't as instantly accessable as they are now that there was more wonderment about things.

The way I say it now is "back then, the world worked just fine with paper and pencil."

 

[renderit]

Too many "realistic idiots" created the need for AI.

Every point needs a counter-point.

 

[Blind Lemon Chicken]

Should be concentrating on Real Stupidity instead.

 

[Nifty]

I work in the IT field and AI has brought on some really cool things. I see it as a really fast internet search with a clever interface. But we're seeing errors now. Some so blatantly wrong that people I know don't go to it as much.

I watched a guy go through an online car negotiating/buying process using AI and it was a disaster. The AI got the local fees wrong. I watched another video where two nerds intentionally argued with AI - that was quite funny.

Problem solving and critical thinking are two skills that are becoming less common. Just this week, I heard a 20 year old co-ed say she knew how to write a check, as if that was an accomplishment. But then when you look at the things going on in that age group, you realize many are challenged when it comes to doing things without a phone (or tablet, computer, etc).

I believe we are in trouble.

 

[ppgf]

existential

 

[ppgf]

I work in the IT field and AI has brought on some really cool things. I see it as a really fast internet search with a clever interface. But we're seeing errors now. Some so blatantly wrong that people I know don't go to it as much.

I watched a guy go through an online car negotiating/buying process using AI and it was a disaster. The AI got the local fees wrong. I watched another video where two nerds intentionally argued with AI - that was quite funny.

Problem solving and critical thinking are two skills that are becoming less common. Just this week, I heard a 20 year old co-ed say she knew how to write a check, as if that was an accomplishment. But then when you look at the things going on in that age group, you realize many are challenged when it comes to doing things without a phone (or tablet, computer, etc).

I believe we are in trouble.

the death of critical thinking