Normalize giving away everything for free

This is a little bit of a rant cause I can’t post these thoughts anywhere else. At least, I’m not ready to get publicly crucified yet, so…

I cannot talk to almost anyone I know about ai. They have no idea what’s going on, or about the kind of stuff we do. It’s all doom and gloom.

There is something that really bugs me about it, beyond the naivety and half-glass-full mentality. It’s that, gatekeeping does nothing for humanity and is a selfish mentality at its core.

So ai has access to lots of data, and artists data. So what? If you’re really good, it doesn’t matter. Great products, great services, great talent all have one thing in common which makes them in-demand. They’re great. And greatness is witnessed by all the people who consume their work.

There’s no gatekeeping because it’s literally on display. From Harry Potter to Michael Jordon, Disney to Taylor Swift, Steve Jobs to Crayola Crayons. If no one is trying to copy you, then your work isn’t loud enough. Either because it’s not good enough (yet), or because you’re hiding it away from the world out of fear.

Bringing it full circle… Nobody lost money cause I finally had a tool that could do work for me for free. Rather, everyone in my companies will literally make more money because of massively efficient operations. It also means we’ll be able to afford remarkable talent with the extra profits we bring in due to that efficiency. I’m SO glad I have more options to take care of the people I bring into my sphere.

One last thought… a little side quest here.. Whenever I ask people about why it isn’t a good thing that robots will be able to farm all the organic food we need at extremely low costs to produce compared to what we have now, no one has a good answer.

I used to be of the mindset that really rich people should use their money to fix problems like world hunger. Then I actually looked at the challenge of getting the recipients to use money the way it’s intended, and crunching numbers to see how long they could solve it for, and full stop, it doesn’t work. Complex problems require complex solutions. A billion dollars solves world hunger for how long… a day? A week? A month? And then what?

I see the ai revolution as a way to find long lasting, permanent solutions to things like world hunger. Instead of pointing our fingers at who should be doing what, or getting upset that ai can do things now that humans have monetized already, can we please just collectively get to work and solve these damn problems so we can reach Star Trek level society already? I’m looking for a replicator that can make perfect gluten free pasta, a laser that can heal a broken arm in a minute, and a holodeck to experience the jungle. LFG already.

Thinking of you

@Alyshia Perri

with the incredible Star Trek Trivia submission to this weeks comp 😏

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