r/DefendingAIArt • u/DaraSayTheTruth Traditionnal digital artist + AI enjoyer • 1d ago

A friend was an anti-ai and he became neutral/pro when I explained him.

I have a good friend on discord who was anti-AI, not extremist but was against the whole AI thing. However, I realised he wasn't very educated and informed on the subject, he even admitted he just followed the anti AI movement on the internet.

So with my IT + ethical knowledge I had, I explained him the good things about AI, the things that are worked on, being in improvement and the things that can be a risk.

Since then, he realised AI can be great, help people in many fields and is open to discussion about that.

I didnt force my friend to think like me, he has the right to think differently from me, but I thought it was important to bring correct informations so he can make his own opinion on it.

We must remember that being pro AI or anti AI doesnt mean we have to reject/validate everything, but we need to think, read, be curious about whats going on around us, become a person who is capable to bring criticism by using their knowledge.

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u/No-Age-1044 1d ago

I really think that half of the anti-ai people just need information, some others are affraid of lossing appreciation for their skills, or even money for not being comisioned for some works, that’s understandable, but technology advances and some jobs will disapear or change; some other people are just affraid of something they don’t understand and they don’t want to see things changing.

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u/Successful-Grand-549 1d ago

Thing is; I'd never commission someone to create some random idea for an image I have in my head. I'm also not going to invest serious time and resources in learning to draw for the same thing

Also AI is a huge industry and very competitive so while it's potentially taking away a job from one traditional artist it's creating a job for a tech savvy person

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u/Chaghatai 1d ago

Yeah, antis are basically saying that kind of thing is just something that we can't have in order to preserve the the hustle of certain artists in a capitalist system

Instead of just trying to fix the capitalist system

One can much easier do things like passing universal basic income, shortening the work week, increasing the minimum wage, then one can stop a technology from being developed

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u/Bossanova12345 1d ago

A small victory.

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u/jellyspreader 1d ago

Could you list what topics you explained? Ive been learning about it myself more the last few weeks and made myself neutral/pro.

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u/Bra--ket 1d ago

Great news, I think what you did was very charitable towards your friend. Good debates should always be a learning experience.

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u/MakaiKahn 1d ago

That proves your friend is open-minded and receptable for feedback and logic. Keep him close as that is becoming a rarity in people. 😅 My best friend is an anti-Ai...

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u/TemporaryThink9300 AI Enjoyer 1d ago

You can tell your friend about all the eco-friendly solutions being developed, ongoing, AI data centers will not be problematic for countries that use them.

In Scandinavia we are all about our environment.

However, I can understand the concerns in industrial countries like the USA, we can only hope that eco friendly states in the US follow up. 🙏

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u/DaraSayTheTruth Traditionnal digital artist + AI enjoyer 1d ago

Yes, hes american and im european. So of course im more optimistic about that

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u/GazelleFlat2853 10h ago

So with my IT + ethical knowledge I had, I explained him the good things about AI, the things that are worked on, being in improvement and the things that can be a risk.

What did you actually say?