[daemin]

Why learn to paint or draw if generative ML can create a picture for you?

Why practice writing if generative ML can create a poem or short story for you?

In that regard you're best off just sitting down in front of a screen and consuming content generated by ML.

And from the example in the original blog post the author had the generative ML do the fun stuff in solving the problem and all they did was drudge work cleaning it up and submitting it. Very productive from the company perspective but reminds me a lot of low thought factory processes.

[bluGill]

Many many people still play violin, piano, trumpet, guitar even though recordings (in various forms) have been around for more than 100 years.

[deadbabe]

You didn’t answer your questions.

[daemin]

To me the joy of not doing anything productive means just sitting/laying on the couch consuming content in one form or another. I'm sure it can also mean just sitting and enjoying a coffee, which is fine but I don't find that necessarily enjoyable by itself.

Making art, music, painting, are all creative and productive endevours, so when you're saying to be okay not being productive to me it means to be okay being a couch vegetable. We need the occasional rest but I don't want generative ML to do all the creative and rewarding things.

[deadbabe]

Consuming content is really just another capitalist activity, you’re producing views, impressions, you’re trading away attention in exchange for some entertainment.

Instead, go outside and consume nature. Consume a sunset, not a TV show.