[medhir]

something deeply ironic about this piece using an AI generated video at the top of the page.

like, of course AI is coming for culture if even the New Yorker, a very well known American cultural magazine, is willing to leverage it to avoid paying an artist to create a short video.

[fortran77]

I think that was the point, as explained in the caption to the photo:

> "If A.I. continues to automate creative work, the total volume of cultural “stuff” will increase. New forms, or new uses for existing forms, will pull us in directions we don’t anticipate. Visual by David Szauder; Generated using A.I."

[medhir]

I definitely understand the intention, it still just feels a bit intellectually lazy to me.

Maybe it’s just my own aversion to using AI for creative work coming through… I can’t get myself to even add an AI generated image to a personal blog post.

[FinnLobsien]

Nitpick, but I'd assume The New Yorker paid the artist who generated with AI. And it's a fitting artwork that was generated using AI. I don't find that a massive problem.

The article doesn't even argue that AI is exclusively horrible and must be banished.