Good point. It’s all to easy to fall into doomerism, but that itself is a self-fulfilling prophecy. I’m doing what I can in my life (getting involved in local organizating, living car free, reducing my consumption to a minimum, etc.) but it’s still difficult to watch the world seem to spiral towards the brink.
The flip side of looking at history for guidance is the fact that the future isn’t written. As much as we are the same kind of people as those in history it doesn’t mean we have to make the same choices. There are some pretty major factors at play that are different this time around, and we can choose to learn from our past. That said, whether those factors—like the revolutions in communication and the advent of the uber-wealthy—will have a positive or negative impact remains to be seen I guess.
Looks like cautious optimism shadowed by doubt is the best you’ll get out of me haha.
I just watched the video in question, and this is an entirely backwards take. Miyazaki is saying the animation is an insult to the pain of those with disablities like his friend, not disparaging people with disabilities.
https://youtu.be/ngZ0K3lWKRc
It isn’t specifically about generative ai, but he is talking about art (animations) made through machine-learning being a cold mimicry of real human efforts. I think the comparison is pretty fair and it applies in both instances.