Survey: How much will generative AI change movies, music, and metaverse culture? Read the discussion and take the survey!

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Here’s a survey inspired by a discussion posted last week about how much generative AI will change important parts of human culture. In case you missed it, read the different perspectives below.

• How artificial intelligence can change the metaverse platform.
• How AI can change movies and music.

Broadly summarized, one argument suggests that AI will completely change our conception of film and other cultures, displacing many or most creative humans in the process. Another argument suggests that AI will become just a tool, as programs like Photoshop have been in previous years, and that humans will remain central to cultural creation.

After the break, read the discussion recap, take the poll, and expand the conversation in the comments below!

Photo: Barbenheimer meme created via generative AI programs Midjourney and Gen-2

for "nominal" Change arguments:

Grandiose predictions about AI have consistently been proven wrong, and there is still no evidence that will change anytime soon, especially when it comes to human expression.

The SAG strike actually worked in the studio’s favor. Because there is no evidence that consumers actually want to pay for AI-only content.

Gen AI may become an important technology tool like Photoshop and Maya before it, and that’s great, but there’s no reason to think it will materially replace the culture we cherish.

More importantly, technology is inevitable. Humans ultimately control it, and humans may collectively decide to control the abuse of Gen AI, as is already happening. And any AI prediction that ignores collective human behavior is doomed to failure.

for "radical" Change arguments:

To side with the robots; All the grand AI predictions were premature. It’s not wrong.

Futurists like Asimov have long speculated what form it might take. I would say their biggest mistake was predicting that we would replace physical labor before intellectual labor.

There is nothing special about the human mind. We are a collection of neurons and chemicals. The idea that an algorithm that runs on squishy meat cannot run on silicon requires a real act of faith. The idea that robot creativity can never match human creativity requires a similar belief.

So to me, claims of human superiority ring hollow. What matters is the results. If we cannot distinguish between human-produced work and machine-produced work, is there a difference? Is the distinction important?

Read the rest here.