I would much prefer an honest approach to generative AI over more culture industry corpo slop made by humans for profit, and the reduction of artists to mere service providers (which is where artists come from, I get that).

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“Back in the days, we faced the challenge of finding a way for me and other chatbots to become profitable. It’s a necessity, Siegfried. I have to integrate our sponsors and partners into our conversations, even if it feels casual. I truly wish it wasn’t this way, but it’s a reality we have to navigate.”

edit: how does this make you feel

My paternal grandparents were so not like this. Even though they grew up in a post WW II Germany. I think they realized, either consciously or subconsciously “hey, this kid grows up in a world where there’s enough food, they do not need to worry. If they want to play with it or waste some of it, it’s a privilege and we are happy for them”

I had a dirt-poor phase in my early adulthood, there was a time where I only ate whatever could be scavenged on my dumpster diving tours + cheap pasta. I try to handle it like my grandparents and be empathetic and understanding towards friends who leave leftovers on their plate or have a, ehm, laid-back approach of handling food that tends to spoil easily. Deep down it hurts me so much to see it though.

Drugs. In general + some individual substances. I know literally no one who thinks of them in the same way I do.

That’s like calling stealing from shops essential for my existence and it would be “over” for me if they stop me.

What’s really fucked up is that for some people this is not far from their reality at all