Divided by Zer0 on Nostr: As someone who grew up poor and with very little access to global culture, I shake my ...

As someone who grew up poor and with very little access to global culture, I shake my head sadly with those people who talk about #AIArt with the same moralism people were making against #piracy.

This didn't work then, it won't work now. People without money or time can't and won't support artists. If their only option is to use ML tools to create and share what is in their brain, they will do that instead.

All the arguments against this are privileged "you wouldn't download a car" territory