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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 9076929" data-attributes="member: 5948">This is sadly true, and even for those who are best intentioned.&nbsp; I'm no art expert, but I'm aware of the generated art debate, but even i still find myself seeing a bit of art on facebook or somewhere and thinking 'wow, that's cool' and only realise that it's generated when someone else points it out.But this is hardly a dynamic limited to art, of course.&nbsp; If people en masse rejected products made in exploitative sweatshops in autocratic countries, capitalism would look a lot different to what it does now.&nbsp; But this requires a) that a critical mass of consumers can recognise the product's questionable origin, and b) that a critical mass of consumers have the financial means to choose something more expensive instead, before c) that a critical mass of consumers choose to do so, even comes into play.&nbsp; Of course RPGs are a tiny niche industry and are pretty much luxury expenditure anyway, but it won't be the RPG industry that decides this question.&nbsp; It'll be the book publishers looking for cheap cover art, and the advertising industry etc looking to pay less for graphic design.&nbsp; RPGs will be pulled along in the wake of whatever happens in these larger industries.Edit: I'm deliberately trying to avoid using the term 'AI' in the context of these trained/prompted content generation algorithms, because none of them are in any way 'intelligent' in any plain-language sense of the word, and I strongly suspect that 'AI' is being used by the tech shysters behind this whole mess as a catchy marketing term to baffle investors with its high-tech-iness..&nbsp; It's a lonely battle, but it's one I'll keep fighting...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 9076929, member: 5948"] This is sadly true, and even for those who are best intentioned. I'm no art expert, but I'm aware of the generated art debate, but even i still find myself seeing a bit of art on facebook or somewhere and thinking 'wow, that's cool' and only realise that it's generated when someone else points it out. But this is hardly a dynamic limited to art, of course. If people en masse rejected products made in exploitative sweatshops in autocratic countries, capitalism would look a lot different to what it does now. But this requires a) that a critical mass of consumers can recognise the product's questionable origin, and b) that a critical mass of consumers have the financial means to choose something more expensive instead, before c) that a critical mass of consumers choose to do so, even comes into play. Of course RPGs are a tiny niche industry and are pretty much luxury expenditure anyway, but it won't be the RPG industry that decides this question. It'll be the book publishers looking for cheap cover art, and the advertising industry etc looking to pay less for graphic design. RPGs will be pulled along in the wake of whatever happens in these larger industries. Edit: I'm deliberately trying to avoid using the term 'AI' in the context of these trained/prompted content generation algorithms, because none of them are in any way 'intelligent' in any plain-language sense of the word, and I strongly suspect that 'AI' is being used by the tech shysters behind this whole mess as a catchy marketing term to baffle investors with its high-tech-iness.. It's a lonely battle, but it's one I'll keep fighting... [/QUOTE]

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