Valerie
2 min readJul 4, 2023

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Another great read! Please forgive me my crude analogy: these AI-generated ersatz-books, images, etc., which aim to generate ersatz-emotions are similar to highly-processed ersatz-foods that only pretend to be foods, but in reality make us obese, sluggish and sick. A jar of cabbage mixed with sugary water and vinegar that makes you diabetic is not a jar of fermented sauerkraut that makes you healthy; the cheap synthetic vitamins that are not absorbed by our bodies are not the same as real vitamins that make our bodies happy; the insane loads of sugar, artificial taste and texture enhancers added to processed foods, which kill our health are not the same as real flavors of real whole foods that make us happy and healthy. The relentless food industry injects more and more quick and cheap stimulants to the ersatz-foods flooding the aisles of our supermarkets, easily winning over the taste buds of clueless consumers hooked up on instant gratification instead of appreciating delicate pleasures of savoring real foods made with Love by mother nature… As a hopeful prophecy, I dare to predict that after the initial excitement over the processed foods of ChatGPT and Midjourney, people will realize that the missing element in those ersatz-books and ersatz-images cannot be replaced by quick and cheap substitutes, and that consuming too much of artificial creativity will make people’s souls obese, sluggish and sick. And then, hopefully, people will start seeking and appreciating again real art that made with Love, and real creativity which is emanated from Love…

ChatGPT and Midjourney are great tools that help to save time, organize your thoughts, or check some "proof of concept" ideas; they are aids, but not substitutes of human creativity. Hopefully, people will use them wisely, and won't let them bankrupt our minds and souls...

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