Great article Ted. Loved the Hollywood strike reference. It struck a chord with me on many levels. #1. I work in Hollywood and the strike has me and my peers unemployed since May if not longer. #2 It deals with a confusing topic I’m trying to sort through… Ai, and societal needs vs corporate propensity.
Great article Ted. Loved the Hollywood strike reference. It struck a chord with me on many levels. #1. I work in Hollywood and the strike has me and my peers unemployed since May if not longer. #2 It deals with a confusing topic I’m trying to sort through… Ai, and societal needs vs corporate propensity.
I work in the art departments of film and TV, creating sets, props, murals, and etc. Recently I’ve been asked by my supervisors and bosses to use Ai in my art. I took a dive into Ai and had it create a design. In 30 seconds it finished a project and to my dismay, it looked great. No joke. I’ve never felt more dejected. My entire life, I’ve been studying design, art, techniques, history and culture in order to be a competitive and talented employee. I do that so I can profit and also, my company can profit from my skills. We all do this. We all have degrees, stay on top of techniques, education and trends in order to remain relevant. But now, what are we getting in return? The answer to me, seems like abandonment.
It’s such a convoluted and confusing topic. I know we the people, are getting the short, splintery, weathered end of the stick, while simultaneously being told, it’s the best part of the stick. I’m TOLD I’ve got this great product called Spotify, Apple Music, latest-greatest smart phone or _________ (Fill in the blank) but the reality is, we are being replaced, our needs are not being met and most of the products we buy have designed obsolescence built into it. I know Spotify and Apple Music are somewhat benign examples... but there are much more serious topics, education, workforce replacement, and something I’ll call lopsided economics. Where you enter into a relationship with an entity (company, product or whatever) and the vast majority of profits, benefits, data, and etc go to one party and it’s not us the consumer. This is a bad relationship, if was a marriage or a friendship, it would be doomed. It seems like companies have more legal rights and are more important than the people who comprise them.
How do we stop a paradigm workforce shift that is vastly faster, waiting in the wings, just as good and works for a fraction-of-a-fraction of the price? Combine that with a company's insatiable desire for the biggest return at the lowest cost, AND annex a society which now relies on that companies' products for survival, entertainment, education and more and we have a recipe for irrelevance.
I know somehow, this lopsided economic system, societal needs, corporate greed, designed product obsolescence and advent of Ai are all tied together to keep giving us the short, dirty, rotten, lousy Spotify recommendations - end of the stick. There is no need for companies to listen or change. Why should they? They have all the leverage they need, they have two hands, firmly griping the long end of the stick.
My apologies for the long rant… your article really hit home. Love reading your posts.
Great article Ted. Loved the Hollywood strike reference. It struck a chord with me on many levels. #1. I work in Hollywood and the strike has me and my peers unemployed since May if not longer. #2 It deals with a confusing topic I’m trying to sort through… Ai, and societal needs vs corporate propensity.
I work in the art departments of film and TV, creating sets, props, murals, and etc. Recently I’ve been asked by my supervisors and bosses to use Ai in my art. I took a dive into Ai and had it create a design. In 30 seconds it finished a project and to my dismay, it looked great. No joke. I’ve never felt more dejected. My entire life, I’ve been studying design, art, techniques, history and culture in order to be a competitive and talented employee. I do that so I can profit and also, my company can profit from my skills. We all do this. We all have degrees, stay on top of techniques, education and trends in order to remain relevant. But now, what are we getting in return? The answer to me, seems like abandonment.
It’s such a convoluted and confusing topic. I know we the people, are getting the short, splintery, weathered end of the stick, while simultaneously being told, it’s the best part of the stick. I’m TOLD I’ve got this great product called Spotify, Apple Music, latest-greatest smart phone or _________ (Fill in the blank) but the reality is, we are being replaced, our needs are not being met and most of the products we buy have designed obsolescence built into it. I know Spotify and Apple Music are somewhat benign examples... but there are much more serious topics, education, workforce replacement, and something I’ll call lopsided economics. Where you enter into a relationship with an entity (company, product or whatever) and the vast majority of profits, benefits, data, and etc go to one party and it’s not us the consumer. This is a bad relationship, if was a marriage or a friendship, it would be doomed. It seems like companies have more legal rights and are more important than the people who comprise them.
How do we stop a paradigm workforce shift that is vastly faster, waiting in the wings, just as good and works for a fraction-of-a-fraction of the price? Combine that with a company's insatiable desire for the biggest return at the lowest cost, AND annex a society which now relies on that companies' products for survival, entertainment, education and more and we have a recipe for irrelevance.
I know somehow, this lopsided economic system, societal needs, corporate greed, designed product obsolescence and advent of Ai are all tied together to keep giving us the short, dirty, rotten, lousy Spotify recommendations - end of the stick. There is no need for companies to listen or change. Why should they? They have all the leverage they need, they have two hands, firmly griping the long end of the stick.
My apologies for the long rant… your article really hit home. Love reading your posts.
Thanks for being quality and not being Ai!
Remain Humane!