Comments by "DefaultFlame" (@DefaultFlame) on "Design Theory" channel.

  1. AI can create based on what has been already been made, can mix and mash and interpret and iterate, but cannot currently create something novel. It can be derivative but not truly original. Originality and creativity is the realm of humans and possibly AGI. The reasons AI can, and likely to a large degree will, muscle out all but the top few % of creatives are the same reasons creatives struggle. The vast majority don't want and will not pay for new things, they want variations of old things. Derivatives. Preferably produced as quickly and cheaply as possible. Same reason only master craftsmen can to even a small degree compete with industrial production and make a living, they are the few top % where their quality can outweigh the quantity. It's why McDonalds is everywhere earning bajillions for their slop yet fine dining still exists.
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  2. That's less because you were creative and more because you were introverted rather than extroverted. It's always that way in any group project. And yes, this exact same thing happens in the workplace. The introvert proposes an idea, the extroverts shut it down and later steal it and take credit for the idea. It happens even when it's not intentional on their part. shrug That's human behaviour.
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  3. Being creative as a hobby gives you freedom to fail. Being creative as a job means you don't eat or pay rent sometimes, unless you get launched to such stardom that anything you make, even your failures, will automatically be praised as genius.
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  4.  @killjoy6880  The flaws in human nature wouldn't be flaws if they didn't suck.
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  5. It's been this way in western society to one degree or another at least since Roman times.
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  6. "Be creative." Translation: "Use your skills to make my vision a reality, not your vision."
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  7.  @Leyichen-pe2wg  You either completely missed or willfully misinterpreted my point. Firstly, my point about McDonald's wasn't that people want or like slop, it's that people will settle for slop a lot of the time if it's cheap or convenient enough, otherwise McDonald's would not be a profitable franchise. McDonald's can be replaced in the example with any high convenience, low price, low quality franchise. Secondly, I'm not even talking about food in particular, food was just an example of where it applies. I'm talking about most people going for cheap, convenient, and mass produced even if it's lower quality, with only the highest quality being able to compete with mass production once it becomes profitable enought to attract investment. IKEA is another example, with the caveat that's it's the extremely low price compared to traditional furniture manufacturers rather than convenience that attracts customers in their case, since you have to put it together yourself. Though their quality has gone up somewhat as the decades have passed.
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