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Apologies for being glib but I never thought I’d see a sincere “think of the gamers” comment.

Your whole post is a bit vague and naive. If people enjoyed real art more than AI art, then the market will decide it. If they don’t then we should not be making people enjoy what they don’t.

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The market might not be able to tell the difference. It takes effort to count fingers and toes in art. Part of the problem is also: So many companies are doing it now, that it doesn't seem effective to call people/companies out for the use of AI slop.

A big part of the problem is also: AI art is usually not labelled as such. The market can not make an informed decision.

If people can’t tell the difference, perhaps it doesn’t matter

We're discussing an article about the human externalities of AI progress. It absolutely matters in this context.

The free market is not some universal force of balance. It is a system of systems that is routinely influenced, disrupted, damaged, manipulated, and controlled overwhelmingly by a small cadre of wealth and asset-owners with disproportionate influence after a century of government policies against market intervention or regulation.

C'mon, be better than some "lol free market" quip.

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