Dear Coffee Community at LemmyWorld,
Thank you for the marvel you do...
I am sorry, but just to clarify, may I ask... why ever use the so fake, effortless, worthless, void-empty, horrible, and sorrowful meat-ground set of bytes... as the very main banner to represent the so ineffably magnificent art, history, and human effort... as Coffee... and more than 10,714 Members of the Community, too...
There are so many artists out there who have art attributed... and if you haven't chosen a work of your own, have you considered a competition between the current Members to choose the artwork for the banner? A moment of photography would already be a marvel...
Please... please do consider the noise, emptiness, and unintentional but possible disrespect... towards the miracle... divine elixir... the coffee...
Best and kind regards
Translation from the Arabic...
O Coffee! Thou dost dispel all cares, thou art the object of desire to the scholar.
This is the beverage of the friends of God; it gives health to those in its service who strive after wisdom.Prepared from the simple shell of the berry, it has the odor of musk and the color of ink.
The intelligent man who empties these cups of foaming coffee, he alone knows truth.May God deprive of this drink the foolish man who condemns it with incurable obstinacy.
Coffee is our gold. Wherever it is served, one enjoys the society of the noblest and most generous men.O drink! As harmless as pure milk, which differs from it only in its blackness...
Delicious beverage, its color is the seal of its purity.
Source: by Abd-al-Kâdir ibn Mohammad al Ansâri al Jazari al Hanbali [1587 AD; webarchive]
// cc @martijn@lemmy.world ; @dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org ; @Xariphon@kbin.social
Are we really going to go all insane to the end of time accusing each other of using AI generated content until it becomes impossible to distinguish it from human made content, or are we going to see through our hate for a second and realize that all the issues people keep parroting each other about AI in their echo chambers are just consequences of the profit motive? AI is a set of technologies, it is neutral. People learned to associate all of AI with the actions of a few billionaires because hate propagates faster on the internet than nuance. I invite all to rethink what is the enemy, and what is just a hammer.
Generative AI isn't a neutral tool. It is an intentional de-skiller. I genuinely can't understand the point of view that it's anything else.
Generative AI is as much of a "de-skiller" as photography is to a painter. You can make the same argument how anyone would rather take a picture instead of drawing whatever they need by hand. This reminds me of an issue that has been happening with airplane pilots.
You see, airplanes have become so advanced that they basically fly all on their own, a pilot only interferes where really needed with manual controls. Now, if the pilot just relies on the automation, his skills will eventually deteriorate and he might not succeed when his input is needed. The answer, of course, wasn't to get rid of automation, but to have the pilot periodically train his skills with simulations.
Technology "de-skills" you only as much as you allow it to.
Ooh... You're one of those...