Why does the internet only seem to care about artists losing their jobs to AI, but not other professions?

[Bear Hammer]

It seems like whenever automation or AI threatens blue-collar jobs, like factory workers, truck drivers, or cashiers, the response is mostly cold or indifferent. But as soon as AI starts generating pictures or mimicking voice actors, suddenly it’s a moral crisis. You get massive Reddit and xitter meltdowns about it

Why the double standard?

 

[Gore San]

Iirc people were more worried about it back then and quit caring and suddenly started caring again when it threatened things they thought were safe. Only a matter of time until people quit caring about artists and then they start caring again when they replace emergency service workers, politicians, and CEOs. People are usually indifferent until it affects them personally then care when it's too late. As opposed to everyone seeing the writing on the wall and coming together before it affects them.

 

[Pepsi Man]

Iirc people were more worried about it back then and quit caring and suddenly started caring again when it threatened things they thought were safe. Only a matter of time until people quit caring about artists and then they start caring again when they replace emergency service workers, politicians, and CEOs. People are usually indifferent until it affects them personally then care when it's too late. As opposed to everyone seeing the writing on the wall and coming together before it affects them.

TRVTHCZARBOMBA

 

[PleasantSpark]

Nevermind the fact these artfags were happily talking to Cleverbot which is the same as GenAI lol.

 

[Gore San]

People were using character.ai when they had group bot chat to do stuff like make Joe Biden talk to a chimpanzee and stuff too. But NOW they're complaining...

 

[PleasantSpark]

It's because it was for fun and now that it's no longer fun and they see it as a threat it's something to clitty leak over. Forgetting that most artists uses AI as a tool.

 

[TheCIAGlowsInTheDark]

It likely has to do with artists on the Internet historically being lolcows which is why the Internet memes on them over them throwing a tantrum over AI.

Obviously not every online artist is a lolcow but Internet artists in general have the bad reputation of being egotistical, conceding, and they often are judgmental about newcomers coming into the art world.

Then again (just to be fair here), artists throughout history have always been known for these negative stereotypes. Stanley Kubrick is considered to be one of the greatest film makers ever but he was known to be really difficult to work with due to his perfectionist views on film making.

I don't think AI is going to replace people in everything (humanity is still centuries away from having a lifestyle that you see in Star Wars or Star Trek) but I do see AI being more involved in our lives in the near future.

But I do see the current AI craze as a bubble and it's likely going to be a repeat of the Dot Com Bubble of the 1990's where the AI craze will crash and any tech companies will pick up the pieces to create new AI with much more practical business models that people will actually use and actually like for day to day applications.

 

[Gore San]

It's because it was for fun and now that it's no longer fun and they see it as a threat it's something to clitty leak over. Forgetting that most artists uses AI as a tool.

I still remember when people would talk about the left 4 dead ai director that randomized your level runs.