And now discovery is becoming exponentially harder, because every niche can get flooded with AI slop by companies trying to extract profits from real people's creativity.

Even if you use these tools to create something amazing, what keeps hundreds of variations "inspired by, but totally not copied" of your creative work from popping up? As these models get cheaper and more powerful, this issue will only get worse and worse.

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spongebobstoes 6 hours ago | parent [-]

this is the same argument against the printing press, photography, home printers, youtube, etc

it is a bad argument. more accessible tools consistently lead to more creation in a positive way

	▲	Timon3 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There is a fundamental difference between those technologies and generative AI. I ask again: what stops companies from creating literally dozens, hundreds or thousands of copies of any creative work you publish? Why shouldn't they create AI artists that copy small artists in a "legally distinct" manner, and at a volume that drowns them out? As these models get better and better, the only limiting factor is the available compute. Meanwhile data centers are being built like there's no tomorrow.