jkyyhkynen on Nostr: Computers overpowered humans in chess a long time ago, but still people are playing ...
Computers overpowered humans in chess a long time ago, but still people are playing chess and watching other people play chess. We don’t want to see computers playing each other, creating perfect paintings, making flawless music. We want human frailty and imperfection. Think about professional athletics: it’s pointless, really. Any car could go faster than those runners in olympics. The audience just enjoys seeing commitment and sacrifice. The love and care that you put into your work draws more people than any objective flawlessness (potentially created by AI).
Live music, for sure, is not going anywhere. Hard to say where all of this is going, and how will current musicians manage (hell, most of them, myself included, are not sustaining themselves with music even now). And where AI will be incorporated, I don’t know. But no matter what, I think people have place in art, as art (both creation and enjoyment of) evolves from our social nature. I admire handcraft even if there are machines that could do neater work, not because of the end result, but because somebody actually sacrificed their time, health and youth into creating it.
Live music, for sure, is not going anywhere. Hard to say where all of this is going, and how will current musicians manage (hell, most of them, myself included, are not sustaining themselves with music even now). And where AI will be incorporated, I don’t know. But no matter what, I think people have place in art, as art (both creation and enjoyment of) evolves from our social nature. I admire handcraft even if there are machines that could do neater work, not because of the end result, but because somebody actually sacrificed their time, health and youth into creating it.