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Isaac Asimov describes how AI will liberate humans and their creativity (1992)

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170 points bookofjoe | 1 comments | 10 Apr 25 14:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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chuckadams ◴[10 Apr 25 15:15 UTC] No.43644704[source]▶
It certainly is liberating all our creative works from our possession...
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vonneumannstan ◴[10 Apr 25 15:20 UTC] No.43644787[source]▶
Intellectual Property is a questionable idea to begin with...
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chuckadams ◴[10 Apr 25 15:43 UTC] No.43645069[source]▶
It's not the loss of ownership I'm lamenting, it's the loss of production by humans in the first place.
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vonneumannstan ◴[10 Apr 25 16:11 UTC] No.43645355[source]▶
People made the same argument about Cameras vs Painting. "Humans are no longer creating the art!"

But I doubt most people would subscribe to that view now and would say Photography is an entirely new art form.

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pesus ◴[10 Apr 25 18:36 UTC] No.43646853[source]▶
Using generative AI is a lot closer to hiring a photographer and telling them to take pictures for you than taking the pictures themselves.
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wubrr ◴[10 Apr 25 19:18 UTC] No.43647182[source]▶
I mean, you still have the option of taking pictures yourself, if you find that creative and rewarding...
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pesus ◴[10 Apr 25 19:42 UTC] No.43647378[source]▶
Absolutely, but it still doesn't make hiring a photographer an art form.
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thrwthsnw ◴[10 Apr 25 20:09 UTC] No.43647597[source]▶
Why do we give awards to Directors then?
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1. MattGrommes ◴[10 Apr 25 21:29 UTC] No.43648193{6}[source]▶
This is nit-picky but you're probably actually referring to Cinematographers, or Directors of Photography. They're the ones who deal with the actual cameras, lens, use of light, etc. Directors deal with the actors and the script/writer.

The reason we give them awards is that the camera can't tell you which lens will give you the effect you want or how to emphasize certain emotions with light.