Thanks for reading, I do feel like most people are just trying to tamp down the persistent hum of AI anxiety and just racing to adapt and adopt at this point. But if I pause enough to think why I’m working extra hard these days, some threads lead back to AI.
I loved how your article explained something a lot of us are feeling, but didn't have the words yet. It feels like our emotions are manufactured in an advertisement and distilled into our digital identities.
I have been closely watching and learning AI and the opportunities or roadblocks it may produce. As a professional creative, I’ve went back forth with “ai is awesome” or “crap, I have to figure out a possible plan b”.
I do think that AI can help with a lot of admin related tasks in the creative world but it will not takeover creative positions fully. AI produces concepts that have already been produced. It scans and recreates regurgitated content and spins it in a new light. It does not actually create new ideas. I’ve tried it with ChatGPT. I needed it to come up with some unique concepts and everything it came out with was very lackluster. My own unique spin on the concepts outweighed its options. So I think AI can create what has already been done, but it fails where we need the unique ideas from the actual human being.
Jevons Paradox is an excellent description of what you beautifully highlight in the article. Both the paradox and your article help put words to what I feel lately.
I love this take on ai - it is different than the normal fear mongering content, more thoughtful and insightful.
Thanks for reading, I do feel like most people are just trying to tamp down the persistent hum of AI anxiety and just racing to adapt and adopt at this point. But if I pause enough to think why I’m working extra hard these days, some threads lead back to AI.
I loved how your article explained something a lot of us are feeling, but didn't have the words yet. It feels like our emotions are manufactured in an advertisement and distilled into our digital identities.
I have been closely watching and learning AI and the opportunities or roadblocks it may produce. As a professional creative, I’ve went back forth with “ai is awesome” or “crap, I have to figure out a possible plan b”.
I do think that AI can help with a lot of admin related tasks in the creative world but it will not takeover creative positions fully. AI produces concepts that have already been produced. It scans and recreates regurgitated content and spins it in a new light. It does not actually create new ideas. I’ve tried it with ChatGPT. I needed it to come up with some unique concepts and everything it came out with was very lackluster. My own unique spin on the concepts outweighed its options. So I think AI can create what has already been done, but it fails where we need the unique ideas from the actual human being.
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It's something we all seem to subconsciously feel right? That our time is not ours - it's loaned out to us from new expectations. I loved your piece.
Jevons Paradox is an excellent description of what you beautifully highlight in the article. Both the paradox and your article help put words to what I feel lately.