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Many people are so starved of any kind of creative education that they see art in purely a utilitarian point of view. It doesn't matter to them if a human made it, the outcome is the same. To them, yeah pretty much all art is like a screensaver


If utilitarian means "I enjoy listening to it", I proudly am one.


Well naturally if your relation to art is that shallow then to you it is a genuine risk that it might be replaced by an AI version.


I don't think we'll end up agreeing, but I'm curious what "deeper" ways to enjoy music than listening to it you favor?


Relating to it as a creative process. Connecting directly with the artist, mind to mind, through the art. Being liberated from my current perspective. Story telling. Revolutionary mental states. New synergistic paradigms. All the actual reasons why people have been making art for many 1000s of years.

Or, just keep your pacifier, baby ;)


Thanks.

I've chosen to think of art in terms of products I consume, and less as admiration of artists, though of course I do some of the latter too.


You should not admire artists, but I'm sad for you that art is just a product for you, and not a source of your own expression. Some people naturally gravitate to a subservient, non-creative position.




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