I honestly do not think “AI will never be as good as human creativity” is a good argument at this point. Like yes, it is true right now, but they’re just going to keep trying to prove it wrong. To me the line is, “Modern AI is built off of PLAGIARISM, UNPAID and UNDERPAID labor.” AI is a labor rights issue, not just for the people who’s labor it would replace, but for the people whose labor was STOLEN for the AI to “create” anything.
All of this. Plus, they aren't TRYING to be as good as human creativity. They're trying to be FASTER than human creativity. One of the tech bros working on AI came right out and said that AIs will never write better than people. What it CAN do is write FASTER. And eventually, real writers will get drowned in the flood and be almost impossible to find. THAT is their goal. Not to replace us, but simply to ERRADICATE us. And they're using our own stolen words to do it. They are trying to kill the very CONCEPT of creativity.
Artificial intelligence doesn't exist. The software they are calling "generative AI" as a marketing strategy will never be creative at all. For it to work it requires vast amounts of content made by humans, which companies take without permission or compensation.
It's important to be clear that this is not a case of a few bad apples or that regulations can make "AI" work. The algorithms are not intelligent and incapable of functioning without access to a large pool of data created by people. In theory you could use old public domain works, but then you couldn't use it to replace writers and artists doing modern work.
Generative "AI" is a scam, the same as NFTs, the same as the Metaverse, the same as Web 3.0, the same as blockchain, etc etc. Techbros are lying to make their software look more impressive in the hopes people don't realize the criminal actions required to create it.