OK, so I have been thinking about the cultural divide in terms of the arts and humanities. (Medical science and business applications are their own, unique areas.) Our liberal arts majors will likely come down hard against using it---unless they are in desperation mode. Will this become another "avocado toast" moment where a certain segment of the population (younger, hip, urban, somewhat entitled) will be called out for rejecting efficiency/ease in place of authenticity? (Not that the avocado toast analogy really works, but I was thinking along the lines of the Egg McMuffin = free versions of GenAI.)
When folks say "everyone is using it" And that seems to happen a lot. Some communities in AI, it reminds me of the" steroid era of baseball and high school kids where the number of people actually using doing is not" everyone" but instead, an attempt to normalize behavior they know is or feel is wrong. I wonder how many of everyone is actually using this.
Have you been following the backlash against Adobe? The precipitating cause is changes in their terms of service that give them permission to use customers images in various ways. But there's more going on. There are creatives complaining about pesky AI-generated prompts that interfere with their work. I've got a post on this: https://new-savanna.blogspot.com/2024/06/adobe-backlash-what-hath-ai-wrought.html
Great write-up, Bryan. Thank you for lots of great information and useful links. There is so much AI development in many different aspects that AI will for sure affect culture throughout the world. The very first aspect of AI Literacy that I teach to everyone is Awareness. You have done a great job in helping people realize how AI is impacting many different parts of their lives. Some of it might be good, some might be bad, and some might actually be both at the same time. We really appreciate your insights.
OK, so I have been thinking about the cultural divide in terms of the arts and humanities. (Medical science and business applications are their own, unique areas.) Our liberal arts majors will likely come down hard against using it---unless they are in desperation mode. Will this become another "avocado toast" moment where a certain segment of the population (younger, hip, urban, somewhat entitled) will be called out for rejecting efficiency/ease in place of authenticity? (Not that the avocado toast analogy really works, but I was thinking along the lines of the Egg McMuffin = free versions of GenAI.)
When folks say "everyone is using it" And that seems to happen a lot. Some communities in AI, it reminds me of the" steroid era of baseball and high school kids where the number of people actually using doing is not" everyone" but instead, an attempt to normalize behavior they know is or feel is wrong. I wonder how many of everyone is actually using this.
Have you been following the backlash against Adobe? The precipitating cause is changes in their terms of service that give them permission to use customers images in various ways. But there's more going on. There are creatives complaining about pesky AI-generated prompts that interfere with their work. I've got a post on this: https://new-savanna.blogspot.com/2024/06/adobe-backlash-what-hath-ai-wrought.html
Great write-up, Bryan. Thank you for lots of great information and useful links. There is so much AI development in many different aspects that AI will for sure affect culture throughout the world. The very first aspect of AI Literacy that I teach to everyone is Awareness. You have done a great job in helping people realize how AI is impacting many different parts of their lives. Some of it might be good, some might be bad, and some might actually be both at the same time. We really appreciate your insights.