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YouTube Launches Experimental AI Feature With Voice Clones of Major Artists (www.rollingstone.com)

submitted 1 year ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] jackalope@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except in fact we have just seen 2 centuries of drudgery automated. Have you seen a combine harvester?

[–] Roundcat@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So many machines, yet I'm working more hours than my ancestors.

[–] jackalope@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And your ancestors also subsistence farmed and didn't have all the technology you do.

Look I'm as big a critics of our modern capital-industrial system as the next person but it's crazy to not see how technology has made people more productive and given us more wealth.

Also the idea that peasants had lore days off is sorts debunked: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/kks6tq/comment/gh4oh5c

It is however quite true that people during the industrial revolution itself were working way more hours than previously which is why the whole labor movement kicked off. We appreciate the gains of previous ancestors fighting for our labor rights.

Could things be better? Certainly. Is automation being maliciously targeted towards art and creativity at the expense of not increasing productivity and reducing drudgery? No.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it’s crazy to not see how technology has made people more productive and given us more wealth.

it's a crying shame that the lion's share of all that wealth is parked at the pockets of the 0.1%

[–] jackalope@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed

[–] tillimarleen@feddit.de -1 points 1 year ago

“ I'm as big a critics of our modern capital-industrial system as the next person”

Evidently