Is AI a Socialist Ploy
- Chance
- Sep 1
- 4 min read
I would say this sounds pretty far fetched in concept but a film quote came to mind and it seemed to make sense.
Am I saying AI art and tech is evil? That we should hold protests, grabbing pitchforks and torches and march in the street? Not at all. It's just a tool that we have to live with now until the end of time/internet/something more powerful is introduced.
Now, am I saying this is a hard core conspiracy used against society to undermine peoples talents? Isn't it already?
Right now there's a balance of ethical discussion around it in Hollywood and in general.
I did cover my concern/opinion on using AI before while many of us don't want to, I think we can all see where AI is going to take the future of craft in a professional manner (Since I started writing this Quick Story the push has gotten stronger.)
Let's take a look at it from this perspective. I stumbled onto a post on Facebook if you you don't Hate AI because it's taking jobs away from people. Hate capitalism because that's where capitalism is leading not the tool. My thought was first. Hold it! Capitalism is all about hiring people peoples talents as value in a general sense. Getting the best person for the job. Socialism's views all people equally regardless of what they can or can't do. AI is going after a number of different fields from what I've heard and I wanted to list a few that have come to mind. By the time this Quick Story goes up it'll probably be outdated and more careers will be in jeopardy and possibly out the door.
Authors/writers in all fields
Illustrators/Artists in all fields
Visual effects in films
Costume design (films)
DJs/Radio Hosts
YouTubers/AI generated YouTube hosts.
General Facebook Posts/Promotional/Advertising
Photographers
Animators
"Adult Content" Only Fans, Models
Actors/ Voice Actors.
Singers/Musicians
Police officers
Delivery Services
Kitchen Staff at fast food
Taxi/Bus Drivers
Cashiers
Tik Tok Recipe inventors. (I heard this once and AI generated recipes are apparently a thing.)
We even live in a time where AI reads an email then paraphrases it to you and sets up your reply.
Drivers (Theoretically with the growing of self-driving cars will no doubt be using AI in it's driving calculations.)
Medicine/Surgery.
Writing essays in professions, become a surgeon or pilot A.I. can help you answer your test.
Executing Censorship/Regulations
What really hit me was a single line from one of Pixar's best villains, Syndrome.
When everyone becomes super, no one will be.
I never thought about it but Syndrome's goal is interesting. He eliminates all the Supers. Creates a problem then sells his solution to the public. This elevate his own stature and stops the danger he created. So of coarse everyone will be the same in society but he's elevated over them all.
In A.I. we are all working on the same playing field. No one is greater no one is worse. Except the one that creates/owns the A.I.
If you were to ask me if any/all of these the fields can/will be taken over by automation. I would say it all depends on the efficiency of it's algorithms. Then the one that controls the algorithm controls the narrative. A interesting point to make is that in an abusively controlled world I can see that entire list and more being automated.
Think about this, if every Film, Book, Audio Chat/Song, and Image, mandated to be automated or scanned trough automation for acceptable content before being approved to for public perception. Then one that writes the laws controls A.I.
Most recently I had a conversation with a young man about the use of A.I. I say it's just a tool in the toolkit. I don't use it and at points don't understand it.
His reply was, "A.I. levels the playing field." I almost quoted Syndrome at that moment and not quite sure why I hadn't. Do A.I. Writers think writing is naturally easy? Is it they have no time in life to sharpen their skills and trades. One point he made is that it takes to long to write a essay/report, but for me writing is quite fast. (Just look at Story Stumped taking 2 years to write 200 words) Is it because I don't give up? It's it about only seeing the end result that makes people think authoring is easy? Clearly no struggles come to picture books. That's why some of our picture books have been stuck in limbo for years.
What does AI do? Everyone at all levels of art and writing can write and put their name on a children's book with little to no effort. What's the problem with that? If we get to the point we can't tell the difference between years of effort and and a simple afternoon of throwing ideas onto a computer and maybe reading it through before it goes into print. The simplicity to abuse it and oversaturation that could come with every single person believing they can do this for fast easy money could lead books into a new field. Fragmenting readers in to smaller and smaller niches' until the same way music has fragmented. There is an argument Self-publishing did that already but A.I. will explode that the title into a new era.
Do I think AI will be the end to all? It's still new and many are still uneasy over its use. Many under moral obligation oppose it whether it's the theft or morality of supporting/hiring a real photographer. Overall it's a lot more accepted now and out of everyone's control. Social media, short form content, meme images are completely littered with it's and impossible to avoid. In my opinion so long as it's used as only a tool and not a crutch I don't think there's going to be a problem. But then again when will it be a crutch and when will it be a tool? If you aren't talented in a particular area and struggle to fix a scene, your using it becomes a crutch but if you are fully capable of doing it, you don't really need it to help you then do you?
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Thank you for your time
Chance Hansen
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