Why I Hate AI Art as an AI Researcher

Hi all -- sharing the gist of my latest newsletter issue here with the full knowledge that many people may disagree!

I'm an AI researcher and I hate (hate!) AI art. I think it's emblematic of the way we're automating all the wrong things, and eroding opportunity and creative expression for some of the already most underpaid members of society (artists), all to pursue theoretical gains that would be best siloed off into academic labs rather than released into the wild west of the Internet.
My full article and video about it is here -- https://posttruth.substack.com/p/the-bleak-horror-of-generative-art -- feel free to check it out.