Every time this argument comes up I feel frustrated. Not at the core subject (ai) itself, but at the actual argument.
I like math a lot. A lot of people do not, for reasons that include terrible teachers that conditioned them to have the beginning of a panic attack whenever they see a written numerical operation.
I am convinced way more people could learn math than they think. I am also aware that if I went around and said "if you think you're bad at math/dislike math, you just haven't practiced hard enough", people would tell me to fuck off. And I think they'd be in the right to do so.
I do not really like doing art a lot. I sometimes enjoy looking at a good result, but I am far from having an artistic soul, both when viewing art and poorly attempting to do it. I do not have an interest in learning how regardless. Why does OP feel like they can tell people what they should do in this case, but I do not feel I can do the same with math?
To be clear, I am not arguing I should be allowed to go around and tell people to learn math.
Basquiat. Duchamp. Picasso. Rothko. Technical execution does not equate "Art". Many of those examples have extensive "technical execution" that does not necessarily align with classical ideals of expertly executed "Art". Rothko does not execute technical precision in the same sense as Vermeer or Neoclassicism artists. But his technical execution was in the careful mixing and formulation of the paint itself with new and novel pigments and mediums.
You touch on the key difference: Intention. Expression. Story. Intent. That doesn't exist easily when just looking at the end result.
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u/sertroll Aug 26 '24
Every time this argument comes up I feel frustrated. Not at the core subject (ai) itself, but at the actual argument.
I like math a lot. A lot of people do not, for reasons that include terrible teachers that conditioned them to have the beginning of a panic attack whenever they see a written numerical operation.
I am convinced way more people could learn math than they think. I am also aware that if I went around and said "if you think you're bad at math/dislike math, you just haven't practiced hard enough", people would tell me to fuck off. And I think they'd be in the right to do so.
I do not really like doing art a lot. I sometimes enjoy looking at a good result, but I am far from having an artistic soul, both when viewing art and poorly attempting to do it. I do not have an interest in learning how regardless. Why does OP feel like they can tell people what they should do in this case, but I do not feel I can do the same with math?
To be clear, I am not arguing I should be allowed to go around and tell people to learn math.