Pretty much my view too. We're going to get mountains of AI slope, but it will also lower the barrier to entry for creators who want to execute on their vision.

I had a conversation with my wife's younger brother last year.

He had taken a bunch of classes outside of school for drawing.

He was under the impression that (and I may be a bit exaggerative in this) what makes someone a better artist is how well they draw the lines, their precision and attention to detail in the drawing. I was under the impression that it was the idea behind the drawing which made it good or bad. Of course there's a bar at which someone would need to shape a well drawn line, but if you can have a computer draw the lines for you, and you supply it with the idea, that seems to be a faster way at getting to the meat of things.

I worked at Bank of America in my past life. I would stand in the lobby with a tablet, attempting to introduce people to the joys of online banking. What seemed normal to me was abhorrent to about 50% of the people I ran into. Things like using an ATM seemed like they were betraying something. I had old ladies yelling at me about how they'd rather wait in line for 30 minutes, because they dont want to do business with a machine, they need to look who's handling their money in the eye and they come to the bank for personal connection.

I worked at Barns and Noble in my past life. I would stand near a kiosk, attempting to introduce people to the joys of e-books. What seemed normal to me was abhorrent to about 50% of the people I ran into. Using devices like the kindle seemed like they were betraying something. I had old men yelling at me about how they'd rather come to the book store and wait in line for 30 minutes, because they don't read books on screens, they want the feel of the book in their hands and need to feel the pages turn as they flip through the book, and that they come to the bookstore for personal connection.

Most music really isn't that deep and the most successful artists were created by marketing. I don't see any reason why large enough neural networks can't eventually pattern recognize their way into creating music that can tug on our emotions.

You might not consider AI generated work true art and yet if you took a blind pepsi challenge it would win most of the time again 99.99% of humans while infinitely more scalable.

Are you saying

People who vibe code don't care enough about what they're doing, and just want to throw something out quickly.

That if they cared more they'd learn the nuts and bolts rather than taking the easy way out.

That vibe coding is lazy.

Not to put words in your mouth, but is that kind of the gist.

Makes me wonder if I'm just a simpleton in terms of my approach to appreciating art.

I haven't experienced disappointment in liking a song and then hearing its AI generated. And i hardly ever listen to lyrics, I'm probably just looking for something that makes my head bop.

actually, I'll tell a small story here. I used to work at a bar. I loved working there and made many friends with my coworkers. We hyped each other up and supported one another. Well, I moved on from the job and did other stuff in life. I went back to visit years later, and to my delight, reunited with a pal who was still working there. He was SO pumped to tell me about his new music project. He was beaming from ear to ear, and could discuss nothing else. He showed me his spotify page and asked me to follow his instagram. Of course, I wanted to support my friend! And he was so happy! BUT then he began to play the song. The voice was. . obviously not his? And he quickly explained, "well, I used AI" . . . . . . .guy. really?? I mean he was realizing his dream of producing music! But, geez, I honestly couldn't give my attention to it for two more seconds after he told me that.

some dreams should die, I guess

Was referring to AI generated art by the instructions of a human. It reminds me of scratching records or doing the DJ thing.

Not sure if the future needs anything, it'll probably just keep futuring.

Humans will need to find a place, but they're an adaptable bunch.