AI spells the downfall of human culture; yet it isn’t even a substitute, but merely an endless, lackluster remix.
2026-04-24 18:35 UTC
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@Natal@lemmy.world 2026-04-26 09:21
I'm currently studying and gathering studies about language and cognition to see if LLMs could do anything to our culture. So far I'd lean to say that, yes, they could curate our words and thus alter the way we speak, write and think. Words are linked to our perception of reality somehow and given enough time our overlords could curate words they like, shadowban others and in that way interact with what we can communicate and think about. Obviously there is a large group of people rejecting AI so they wouldn't suffer from this.
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@daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-26 10:09
People can still do culture, and art, and whatever they want. Go draw a picture, write a book, compose a song. It's not like chatgpt is stepping on your doorway to stop you.
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@not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 2026-04-24 19:05
Counterpoint: Angine de Poitrine.
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@Windex007@lemmy.world 2026-04-25 02:17
Culture changes generationally, often reactionary. Old things become new. Old tends/fashions come back into style, often because there was something compelling and novel about them in the first place. We see it with romanticized aesthetics but I think social organization sees similar patterns. Anyways, that preamble was for my naive and optimistic pitch that at some point, we'll see a wholesale rejection of AI and see a Renaissance of in-person socialization and art. Hippies, beat nicks, bars with live local talent, social clubs like the Elks and Shriners... shit like that, I think it's due for a big comeback. Not tomorrow. Maybe 20 years... but if there is any modern constant, it's for children to reject the lifestyles of thier parents.
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@chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2026-04-25 09:15
I don’t think so. I think AI cranks up the noise to 11, definitely, and makes culture hard to find. I think it spells the doom of search engines like Google for actually finding human-created stuff. But that culture, that creativity, is still out there. It’s just hard to find. It takes word of mouth and effort to find it. It’s the [Dark Forest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_forest_hypothesis?wprov=sfti1) stage of the Internet.
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@Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2026-04-25 00:08
Man, go buy a cheap guitar and learn Wonderwall(or like any other songs) then go somewhere public and play your guitar and you will be preserving human culture.
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@wraekscadu@vargar.org 2026-04-25 01:10
AI is new means of production. The fight mustn't be against this new means of production. Rather, it must be to seize these new means of production. "AI bad" is not a coherent argument.
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@ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 2026-04-25 00:45
I disagree when it comes to culture. Replacing human workers on the other hand is the issue, but only in a capitalist society. **Movies** The SeedDance 2 model and probably future ones will make it possible for a lot more people to make their stories come to life. I am sick and tired of most Hollywood movies and shows. They are mostly very low risk and low creativity. Just one example made by 1 person: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXH9iXsN-tY This is so close to good enough. I'd watch a full length movie and enjoy it without getting the "slop" yuckiness feeling. **Music** Can still be made by a few people like always, now just with more tooling. **Art** Same as music, but with just 1 person
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@resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 2026-04-25 01:32
Wow, what an excellent point, DandomRude!✨
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@Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2026-04-24 18:51
This exact same thing has been said about every technological advancement since the industrial revolution. I'm not saying we shouldn't have concerns, but all this AI doomer bullshit is just a circle jerk blown out of proportion.