I can’t answer that competently, but I can well imagine it, because there is demand for it.

Indeed, a case for Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, a service that is shamelessly and deliberately named after its historical model. The principle has not changed after all this time: poorly paid people do the work to make it look as if machines could perform the task - as if it were an unprecedented technological breakthrough, as if it were some kind of magic.

It is a very popular thing among all the companies that claim that “artificial intelligence” was the future.

Edit: However, this does not appear to be a demonstration of autonomous technology.

Edit edit: Apparently, this was actually intended as a demonstration of autonomous technology - any source other than Reddit would be more credible.

I know someone who took part in Uri Geller’s TV casting show back in the day. He’s a nice, eloquent guy, but also a complete charlatan. Today, he’s a successful management consultant, which I’ve always found very amusing because it’s so telling.

For example, video calls. It’s remarkable how incredibly stubborn people are. I’ve seen several times that people have refused to participate in a call if it’s not on Teams.

However, it should be EU policy to force the dissolution of US monopolies on the European market - if only to reduce the risk of blackmail.

Once again, this regime is taking its cue directly from the Nazis.

I sincerely hope that this meaningful initiative will not be undermined by employees complaining about difficult communication with other federal states, as unfortunately they all use MS.

Yes, I cannot for the life of me understand how this decision is supposed to save the German automotive industry. It will not stop the rapid development of BEV cars, which already perform very well in many respects today.

Perhaps the reasoning is that the industry has fallen so far behind that there is no longer any prospect of catching up with the technological lead of way more innovative manufacturers. However, further lobbying by this influential industry could well continue to hold back the expansion of the charging infrastructure. This would then provide arguments in favor of combustion engine models for some time to come. Of course, this would severely hamper the future viability of Germany and probably also Europe, but this clique is certainly capable of it despite the massive negative effects.

I mean, until around 2003, Germany was the world market leader in photovoltaic systems—today, the country hardly plays a role in this industry anymore because it never received the support it needed to remain competitive. The same parties that are now at work here again were responsible for this - and there was of course massive lobbying involved.

I consider this not only a failure of political and economic leadership, but also unscrupulous cronyism at the expense of Europe’s future viability in favor of large corporations that have no interest in innovation whatsoever and even actively prevent it in order to protect their core business.

Agreed

No, what I’m saying is that the people that draw the marvle comics, animate them or write the plot won’t make a living from that anymore for much longer. It’s really as simple as that. Why? Because they make their living creative work, which is great.

But they already earn their living more from autographs at conventions than from the payment for their outstanding work. That too will soon be a thing of the past, because Marvel will not be renewing their contracts - leaving these talented people out on the street because they can no longer sign autographs if they are neither authors nor illustrators, nor animators or whater.

That’s true, but culture has also been a business for a long time. What you see and hear is the result of this, because there are media that reinforce your awareness of your senses. If you think that you would remain unaffected by this, you don’t understand my point.

Is dictated make-believe still culture? I don’t think so, but that’s what it boils down to.

Honestly, I can’t understand how you can’t see that, because it’s been the case all over the world for a very long time. Take a look at the so-called social media applications. Do you seriously believe that what people see there has anything to do with who they really are? With their every day lives? What they understand as culture based on their experience there?

Yes, of course, the real world still exists, but do you really think it’s independent of what people see online?

What does that add to the statement in the post? There are hundreds of thousands of such examples.

It doesn’t change the statement: writers, artists, and all other creative professions are now in a much worse position than they have been ever before - and yes, disproportionate pay for even extraordinary achievements has always been been the case historically for these very important people. But with LLMs we have reached the point where it’s not even enough for a dream scenario. There is no business model for this anymore.

There is no longer any money to be made because consumers do not pay for quality, but for mass and free content. The best example of this is the decline of journalism, which had always been financed mainly by advertising - this has not worked for twenty years because Google and social media platforms have completely taken over this business, which is why there is no longer any serious journalism today. It can no longer be financed because consumers cannot cover the costs, even if they wanted to, which is the case at all.

The question is what the future will look like when culture is created by machines. This is already very evident today with all the social media bots and the logic that directs the attention of the remaining human users. The result is already quite dystopian, don’t you think?

Yes, that’s true, but until now, people could still make a decent living from scraps. That is no longer the case.

Then I can turn it into a business. With LLMs, that’s hardly a problem anymore. Don’t worry: I’ll do it alongside my job - just a hobby that brings in some nice extra income.

I am neither a musician nor a particularly good writer, but I am somewhat good with LLMs. Thank you very much for your encouragement. That removes all my ethical doubts about closing this chapter. If it has always been this way, then I don’t need to worry about it anymore.

What makes you so sure, when there’s not even the prospect of making a living from it anymore? Do you think most artists do it as a hobby?

There are many people who make a living from it. Where else do you see them earning a living?

You don’t seem to understand what I mean at all. I mean people who try to make a living from their creative work. Do you think that’s still possible?