You know those AI dramas? Most of them are AI slop but these aren't getting unpopular. There's more of these getting pumped out and some of them have good story lines.
I'm for celebrating originality and human creativity but I'm not going to pretend that this isn't what the general market really wants. The fact that we acknowledge it's slop but there are countless users hooked into these shows giving hours of their lives they can't take back proves there's something that's working.
It's like even if you know it's generative AI, as long as it entertains you, it can pass.
The people that care about the art and preservation of human dignity exists but their numbers are overwhelmed by consumers that don't really care about that AI part and just want to be entertained. And there's money being generated from it.
I've seen engagement clickbait posts themed gen Z quitting the workplace and HR drama on X. How much of those posts are actually rehashed AI slop? but it works. It gets views. That's just how the general market appreciates creatives. Not saying it's time to stop being original and do our best, I'm saying trying to adapt includes accepting that not as many people as we want could understand the struggle artists go through because of AI generated slop.
I've seen creatives make use of AI trying to bring their concept to life like the "Angel Engine" a horror sci fi project. When it got more popular, only did it get a backlash for the use of generative AI so the creator worked with real visual artists to continue the project. But the to get to that point, the catalyst was AI enabling something to happen like getting the content out there. I think the future will be something like artists accessing skills that supplements their creativity to produce content.
I thought about writing stories and then publishing audiobooks before, what if I used a voice generated AI to step up my story telling? just some shower thoughts.
More rules are made to make AI generated content acceptable and it's affected curation. On one hand, it's taboo to have an AI write your posts but it's ok when the subject of the post is an generated art image? The former just gets quicker results.
Thanks for your time.