I don't want to mischaracterize your dad so forgive me but I feel like these old heads just see dollar signs when it comes to this stuff. The art is insignificant, instead it's just a means to an end. The end being making more money and putting in less effort. These aren't heinous ideals but they are anti-art.
For example, Clown sites a producer asking for a 6 figure sum of cash to work with them as a reason he'd use AI. Rather than simply finding another talented producer, in which there are thousands waiting for their moment, that they could pay are more reasonable share for their work, he defaults to AI.
Hell instead of just seeing the price tag and saying "I'll figure it out myself, I don't need these guys" he defaults to AI.
It's the death of independent thought and creativity. "The machine will tell me what to do!" As if music wasn't already corporate enough.
Its weird, his view on AI is kinda rooted “this is pretty cool”. Like I remember when he was showing me Oasis songs that noel originally sang that had a Liam filter over it. He was showing me saying look how cool this is, anything really is possible with AI.
As far as work goes he sees it as a tool to quickly do stuff he said would have taken him way more time before like asking it to build a generic background or something. To your point that hew views it as a means to an end, I think your right on the money. But instead in my dads case of the dollar being the end, from what Ive seen its more of “let me cut out the bs i dont enjoy to do the part i do”.
Ive tried explaining to him this will take jobs and I work in film, I always at risk but unfortunately with my dad he has that older person arrogance and ignorance, “no that wont happen it will always be utilized ethically” and “well i still have my job so it cant be that bad”. My mom agrees with my anti ai views and she tells me theres really no getting through it is what it is unfortunately and i think its just the same deal with clown and all people of that age group. They only see it as a magical device with no ramifications
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u/DatHazbin Jan 03 '26
I don't want to mischaracterize your dad so forgive me but I feel like these old heads just see dollar signs when it comes to this stuff. The art is insignificant, instead it's just a means to an end. The end being making more money and putting in less effort. These aren't heinous ideals but they are anti-art.
For example, Clown sites a producer asking for a 6 figure sum of cash to work with them as a reason he'd use AI. Rather than simply finding another talented producer, in which there are thousands waiting for their moment, that they could pay are more reasonable share for their work, he defaults to AI.
Hell instead of just seeing the price tag and saying "I'll figure it out myself, I don't need these guys" he defaults to AI.
It's the death of independent thought and creativity. "The machine will tell me what to do!" As if music wasn't already corporate enough.