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SparkySywer said:

Superweapon VII said:

Spuffure said:

The internet was peddled as a meaningful and revolutionary tool, but capitalism being capitalism, it is now corrupted by filth, lies, and addiction.

Fixed that for you.

Capitalism was not necessary to put filth, lies, and addiction on the internet.

Perhaps not. But it helped.

Yeah, sites like this and fanediting in general exist despite the forces of capitalism. There will always be a group of passionate (or deviant) weirdos who do things regardless of profit motive, but I imagine that a vast amount of troubling, manipulative, or exploitative content online only exists because there’s money to be made doing it.

Whoever is behind those stupid “Hero Wars” ads that keep infesting YouTube deserves a concussion.

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Since you’ve also removed your post, I’ll remove your quote.

How are all these subtle good things happening to me, yet I still feel like shit when I get back home?

And if I’ll eventually lose everything one way or another and suffer, wouldn’t it be best if we didn’t exist at all?

As two wise men once said, there must be more to life than this.

Spuffure said:

And if I’ll eventually lose everything one way or another and suffer, wouldn’t it be best if we didn’t exist at all?

I used to feel that way. Then I stumbled upon Simone Weil’s article while browsing Wikipedia.

Skybatman said:

this site is losing my interest more and more

If I could get my hands on the guy who came up with the idea that sex sells and so peppered movies with sex stuff, making me addicted to that shit, He’d walk away from me with a face not even a mother could love.

I apologize for that post. My mental health has been taking a sharp downturn.

What the hell YouTube movies? I’ve seen some of the movies hosted there have the wrong ratings. I’ve seen family friendly musicals have 18+ ratings for no apparent reason. And it sure was hell doesn’t match the ratings given to the movies (at least in my country).

Now, this is only a half-b*tch, but I’m genuinely concerned about the rise of AI-generated media. Especially since that would bring Instant Gratification to a catastrophic high.

Not only this, it could also be a threat to human creativity.

I really hope we don’t go down the “In The Year 2525” route.

Now, I still think there are upsides to AI-generated content. It can provide some fun surprises here and there. But I do not support it completely taking over the media world and/or exploiting it.

But honestly, I would love to see a movie completely generated by AI.

Coming from an anti-copyright perspective, critiques of AI art borne of “muh property” are immaterial. I do believe artists who make art as a living should be adequately recompensed for their work. But once that’s done and their work’s out there in the world, it no longer belongs to anyone but to everyone. I see nothing unethical about an AI program using those pieces to make what are essentially seamless digital collages, so long as the persons using it aren’t pulling a Lichtenstein. Anti-capitalist critiques, along with critiques pertaining to the artistic merit of AI, on the other hand, are quite valid.

I began dabbling in AI art this past September. It was a fun toy to play with those first few weeks, but it quickly lost its lustre. From the creative standpoint, I found it an incredibly low-effort, unchallenging, soulless exercise. Since then, I’ve only used AI-generated images as components in digital collages, as “pure” AI art does nothing for me as a creator.

Superweapon VII said:

I began dabbling in AI art this past September. It was a fun toy to play with those first few weeks, but it quickly lost its lustre. From the creative standpoint, I found it an incredibly low-effort, unchallenging, soulless exercise. Since then, I’ve only used AI-generated images as components in digital collages, as “pure” AI art does nothing for me as a creator.

I hope that’s how everyone else will feel, too. AI used to seem like the coolest thing ever to me, but as the luster of “cool new technology” faded away, it was replaced by pure existential dread. Already, the “human element” of art feels like it’s being replaced by soulless robotic perfection. We’re at an inflection point here, and we can either choose to preserve our humanity or sit back as AI lifts the burden of creativity off our shoulders. I sincerely hope we choose the former.

Yes. I agree. Art theft isn’t the main concern here. It’s a concern on dehumanizing art.

In terms of capitalism I have very mixed feelings.

Wikipedia’s article on NoFap is horrendous. It does not even mention dopamine once. And to equate the concept of recovery from porn addiction with the far-right is fucking trash. Quite the opposite actually. Only a small minority of the NoFap movement actually dislike women, Jews, and the like, and I’d say the porn industry are the real misogynists.

There have been people trying to correct the information on the article, but has been reverted.

RationalWiki’s article is even worse.

Unrestricted access to sexual content on the internet at a young age really fucked me up big time, and I deeply regret not being more careful.

You remind me of me, Spuffure, around the time I was your age. Unfortunately.

I feel your pain.

If I had money and privacy, I’d just pay for it. Unfortunately, both are in short supply.

I remember saying years ago that I hated gender roles. What an ignoramus I was.

Gender roles are truly necessary in some parts of life.