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0 points1dry3mo ago0 comments

Yuck. Just to make it easier to train slop machines. The point of art is not to have completionist archives of EVERYthing that’s ever been made! Let it die. Death is the most natural part of life. Art is about the human experience, not “for researchers”.

The point is human connection. Art is a living reflection and record of human experience. Art will persevere- the kinds of folks who prioritize what they like based on popularity were never the supporters artists (contrast with craftspeople trying to make a buck) counted on in the first place. Enjoy your derivative slop - we’ll continue on our imperfect, messy, individual, human artistic lives.

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justatdotin3mo ago

I am having a lot of trouble following you. Something has upset you: what would make you feel better?

do you mean that researchers should be disallowed from accessing art?

I do not see how research interferes with all the benefits you prioritise. Can't you continue to enjoy those benefits?

Many people think 'real' music has electric guitars. I think they're wrong, but why argue with them? I think it's fine if you do not like music made from music, but that ship sailed last century. One detail you may be missing is that there are imperfect messy individual artistic humans who make music from music too. Computers are no more an obstacle to human connection through music than electric guitars are.

junon3mo ago

> I am having a lot of trouble following you. Something has upset you: what would make you feel better?

Don't talk to people like here, please. It's passive aggressive and unproductive. GP's comment was fine, if not a bit impassioned, regardless if you agree with it.

justatdotin3mo ago

thanks for the correction, I do not want to be aggressive.

I see now I should have just asked: what do you want?

to prefix my response with an admission that I'm not sure what the problem is.

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justatdotin3mo ago

I am having a lot of trouble following you. Something has upset you: what would make you feel better?

do you mean that researchers should be disallowed from accessing art?

I do not see how research interferes with all the benefits you prioritise. Can't you continue to enjoy those benefits?

junon3mo ago

> I am having a lot of trouble following you. Something has upset you: what would make you feel better?

Don't talk to people like here, please. It's passive aggressive and unproductive. GP's comment was fine, if not a bit impassioned, regardless if you agree with it.

justatdotin3mo ago

thanks for the correction, I do not want to be aggressive.

I see now I should have just asked: what do you want?

to prefix my response with an admission that I'm not sure what the problem is.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse