[blargey]

"Better pay for artists" by replacing as much art production as possible with AI prompting is the most insane canard I've heard in a long time.

The whole "AI is trash at writing (my job), but for the audio/visual stuff (their job) it's a great cost-saver!" thing is just...beneath contempt.

Goes to show human review doesn't amount to anything if the reviewer is blind to the flaws they're supposed to catch, whether they're going over video gens or a self-aggrandizing puff piece.

[lukestevens]

Indeed. Is there a word or phrase where the outcome of your actions is the exact opposite of your stated goal or motivation?

Closest I can think of is destroying the village to save it, and I think that's very much the territory we're in here.