What a nicely timed distraction from issues like housing, cost of living and health.

Albo was definitely always going to pass these laws even if Zionist gangs hadn’t staged the attacks across Australia to create the headlines that triggered these laws.

Definitely wouldn’t happen here in Oz!

There was a legitimate use case in art to draw on generative AI for concepts and a stopgap for smaller tasks that don’t need to be perfect. While art is art, not every designer out there is putting work out for a gallery - sometimes it’s just an ad for a burger.

However, as time has gone on for the industry to react I think that the business reality of generative AI currently puts it out of reach as a useful tool for artists. Profit hungry people in charge will always look to cut corners and will lack the nuance of context that a worker would have when deciding when or not to use AI in the work.

But you could provide this argument about any tool given how fucked up capitalism is. So I guess that my 2c - generative AI is a promising tool but capitalism prevents it from being truly useful anytime soon.

I’m from Australia, arguably a “safer” and “better off” nation where it’s no different with the mining industry. They have captured our politicians, the media and the minds of the average person. Anyone who dares to speak against Australia’s mining industry has their life ruined, or ended.

Maybe they should use some of that Amazon logging money to fix their roads…

Edit: In case it’s not clear cause I’m trying to oversimplify for dry wit, I’m criticizing the former Bolognaise government for cutting down the Amazon rainforest, starving the Earth of it’s oxygen factory and for all that unchecked greed not even making enough money for the nation of Brazil to maintain their infrastructure. Kinda pathetic but typical of Neoliberalism imo.