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Originally Posted by Russic
Oh it is certainly optimistic, but that's just because I'm annoying that way.
One thing that I'm often curious about is if this all works out and we all become the Travolta gif wandering around looking for meaning, how does that not strangle capitalism itself? Without the fuel of jobs and taxes, does capitalism stand a chance?
It's in that future that I believe artists win, because if you can create for the sake of creating, you likely stand a chance at a very full and enjoyable life.
The time between today and then (which may never come) though, yes absolutely I agree it's going to be a very scary time to be an artist. But then, a career in art has never been a wise idea from a capitalism standpoint. If you have aspirations to make $100,000/year as an artist, you've got quite the climb ahead of you.
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I think human greed is overwhelming enough that capitalism isn't going away.
Even in a post scarcity world, you will still have people with the drive to acquire just for the sake of it, and there will always be new horizons to be reaching for.
It's kind of unfortunate AI art is going to be such a ubiquitous thing in that world, because so few will see any gap to fill with something new and creative. Particularly when it can be ripped off and recreated by anyone at any time. It's such an instant devaluing of hard work, motivation and creativity it's hard to imagine anyone will want to participate.