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D: Yo, I just found out my favourite song was created by AI. It makes me so upset
X: If you like listening to it, why do you care about who or what made it? It’s still the same song, right?
D: Something just feels wrong. It sounded really good, but I never want to listen to another AI song again.
X: You buy bread from grocery stores all the time. Those are probably made by machines, not a human baker. They’re tasty. You consume them.
D: Interesting… Do you think humans consume art the way we consume grocery bread? The end product is what matters, as well as our pleasure – or getting the feeling we want to feel.
D: If a machine can deliver a perfectly crafted emotional experience – joy, sorrow, nostalgia – why does the process of creating matter?
D: Because human effort is amazing. AIs don’t tired. They don’t get scared. They don’t even own the skills. But humans struggle, and wrestle with our limitations, and fight to become better. Spending years of dedication into a craft. I feel connected to that deeply. That’s what’s reallly moving about art to me. The process of art is a celebration of human brilliance!
X: I’ve always wanted to bake you bread but feel it wouldn’t be as good as those grocery ones.
D: Knowing you put in the time, effort, cared enough to make it for me – that bread would mean so much – I might have a bite and keep it in the freeer forever