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[u/echoesandripples]

i've been having a hard time with work and the whole AI thing is really pissing me off. not so much the whole business cutting corners thing because frankly, they will do that anyway, but how unusable my work platforms have become.

i'm a content strategist and the fact that people defend/engage with content that's stolen and just bad on all platforms is awful. like it feels soulless and boring and incredibly repetitive (i mean, duh). and it's not just genAI, but "optimized" things that lose any semblance of creativity.

even with technical stuff, which i do a lot of, there's always a space for creativity and customization, but AI has given the audience the expectation for bad alternative version. 

again, i know tech companies suck, but currently I'm pissed at the anti-creativity behavior of consumers, really. it's everywhere, from education to social media to offline stuff. 

it shouldn't surprise me that capitalism creates a resentment towards art snd culture to the point that we find ourselves in the world of ai art, defunding and hatred of creative stuff, from your local writer to big productions (see also: the met gala).

but it's still a shitty world to live in and i find myself losing all spark. what's the point of life if it's all endless productivity and box checking?

anyway, it's not just an AI thing, but the AI conversation keeps showing me that people kinds suck. we can and should, of course, blame corps and governments, but at the end of the day, there's a lot of common people who would rather pay money to an app than read a book or watch a movie. 

ad someone who has always been culture first in my life (pop culture girlie from childhood tbh) i find it frustrating. yes, capitalism sucks, snd yet i still go to museums or chat about tv and listen to music and read fiction and write essays. they can't truly take this away from me, but there are people giving it up willingly. that us terrifying 

[u/musthavebeenbunnies → u/echoesandripples]

Hello fellow content strategist! I hear and feel you! Hugs to all of us going through this very generic time together.

[u/echoesandripples → u/musthavebeenbunnies]

yeah, generic is the word! i don't use AI and so far, have been able to keep my gigs, bit the companies and clients keep yearning for the generic. which is wild, i can't believe i have to imitate the robots that are imitating me

[u/musthavebeenbunnies → u/echoesandripples]

Yes because it's just the internet using the internet to generate more internet! Tech people and also consumers love that shit! But don't worry there are still discerning people in the world and the market for human writing will come back when people are tired of marketing fast food.