Bruh. (Gaming)

by Coaxkez, got that plasma/BR55 hit, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 13:49 (1 hours, 57 minutes ago) @ Kermit
edited by Coaxkez, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 13:54

As long as there are people, creatives will find ways to break through with authentic art, even in a field crowded with mediocre knock-offs. Your argument seems to be that once AI slop becomes common, there will be no more bandwidth. I disagree. There may be a fallow period, but identifiably human creation will find expression because the need for it is part of who we are. To paraphrase a fictional mathematician, art created by humans will find a way.

I think the issue is less the death of the human creative impulse and more the death of the ability to earn any money from being creative. In a capitalist society, money drives progress. No money, no progress.

And, as others have said, there is a great concern that genAI will lead to a scenario in which human-crafted art is indistinguishable from machine output. If that scenario were to become a reality, I would imagine that creativity will move increasingly into the live performance space, where the impact of genAI will be felt to a lesser degree. (But it will still be felt.)

There's a very healthy discussion going on here, but I'm too busy right now to get into the weeds of this topic (not to mention too laconic in general). Honestly, it depresses me and I try not to think about it too much either.