{"id":22163,"date":"2024-08-22T13:41:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T20:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/?p=22163"},"modified":"2024-08-22T13:43:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T20:43:14","slug":"generative-ai-nuance-sanctimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/22\/generative-ai-nuance-sanctimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Generative AI: Nuance > Sanctimony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Listen, I know that it&#8217;s a lot more seductive &amp; cathartic to say &#8220;I f*cking hate generative AI,&#8221; and you can get <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Procreate\/status\/1825311104584802470\">90,000+ likes for doing so<\/a>, but\u2014believe it or not\u2014thoughtfulness &amp; nuance actually matter. That is, <em>how<\/em> one uses generative tech can have very different implications for the creative community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s therefore important to evaluate a range of risk\/reward scenarios: What&#8217;s unambiguously useful &amp; low-risk, vs. what&#8217;s an inducement to ripping people off, and what lies in the middle?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I see a continuum like this (click\/tap to see larger): <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GenAI-continuum.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"193\" src=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GenAI-continuum-1024x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22164\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GenAI-continuum-1024x193.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GenAI-continuum-300x56.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GenAI-continuum-768x145.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GenAI-continuum-1536x289.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GenAI-continuum-2048x386.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>None of this will draw any attention or generate much conversation\u2014at least if my attempts to engage people on Twitter are any indication\u2014but it&#8217;s the kind of thing actual toolmakers must engage with if we&#8217;re to make progress together. And so, back to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PS\u2014This, always this:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dyson.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dyson-917x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22169\" width=\"399\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dyson-917x1024.jpg 917w, http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dyson-269x300.jpg 269w, http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dyson-768x857.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dyson.jpg 1101w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen, I know that it&#8217;s a lot more seductive &amp; cathartic to say &#8220;I f*cking hate generative AI,&#8221; and you can get 90,000+ likes for doing so, but\u2014believe it or not\u2014thoughtfulness &amp; nuance actually matter. That is, how one uses generative tech can have very different implications for the creative community. It&#8217;s therefore important to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[66,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22163"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22163"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22173,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22163\/revisions\/22173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}