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AI's role in labor and art creation debated on social media

A social media user argues that the anti-AI movement often stems from a "Puritan Work Ethic" that values human labor inherently, even for soul-crushing tasks. The user contends that AI should replace such work, freeing humans for more meaningful endeavors, and that current AI is not sophisticated enough to replace genuine human creativity. In a related thought, the user discusses using AI-generated art for placeholder visuals in personal oracle deck projects, finding it more ethical and resource-efficient than pirating human-created art. AI

IMPACT AI's potential to automate undesirable labor and its ethical use in creative placeholder content are discussed.

RANK_REASON Social media posts discussing the philosophical implications of AI on labor and art.

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AI's role in labor and art creation debated on social media

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    So often I see the Puritan Work Ethic sneaking into # AntiAI rhetoric. The idea is that human toil is inherently valuable. That # AI displacing human labor is b

    So often I see the Puritan Work Ethic sneaking into # AntiAI rhetoric. The idea is that human toil is inherently valuable. That # AI displacing human labor is bad. No. So far AI is only able to replace content mills and similar kinds of soul crushing work. This is so wildly mispl…

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Speaking of Tarot Cards. I've designed two Oracle Decks. Neither of which I've yet commissioned an artist for. The first existed before # StableDiffusion or Dif

    Speaking of Tarot Cards. I've designed two Oracle Decks. Neither of which I've yet commissioned an artist for. The first existed before # StableDiffusion or Diffusion Models in general. So I spent three days scouring the internet for art to pirate so that I had placeholder art to…