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[-] Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 months ago

What does that mean, and isn't that still something people can employ for their creative process?

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 21 points 7 months ago

LLMs analyse their inputs and create a stochastic model (i.e.: a guess of how randomness is distributed in a domain) of which word comes next.

Yes, it can help in a creative process, but so can literal noise. It can't "be creative" in itself.

[-] Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 7 months ago

How that preclude these models from being creative? Randomness within rules can be pretty creative. All life on earth is the result of selection on random mutations. Its output is way more structured and coherent than random noise. That's not a good comparison at all.

Either way, generative tools are a great way for the people using to create with, no model has to be creative on its own.

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 16 points 7 months ago

How that preclude these models from being creative?

They lack intentionality, simple as that.

Either way, generative tools are a great way for the people using to create with, no model has to be creative on its own.

Yup, my original point still stands.

[-] Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 7 months ago

How is intentionality integral to creativity?

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 16 points 7 months ago

Are you serious?

Intentionality is integral to communication. Creative art is a subset of communication.

[-] Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 7 months ago

I was asking about creativity, not art. It's possible for something to be creative and not be art.

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 13 points 7 months ago

I still posit that ceativity requires intentionality.

[-] Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago

I don't think all creativity requires intentionality. Some forms of creativity are the accumulation of unintentional outcomes, like when someone sets out to copy a thing, but due to mistakes or other factors outside their control end up with something unique to what they were going for.

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 6 points 7 months ago

The intentionality steps in when it is decided to keep or discard the outcome.

[-] Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago

How can it be creative to destroy outcomes? Destruction is the opposite of creativity.

[-] irmoz@reddthat.com 7 points 7 months ago

The creative process necessarily involves abandoning bad ideas and refining to something more intentional

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 4 points 7 months ago

Exactly. That is literally the only difference between "creative" and "non-creative" people.

[-] Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago

But you can still be creative if you keep every outcome, it would be very hard to prove creativity if you discard everything. The one could argue you're creative the moment you select something.

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago

What point are you trying to make, again?

[-] irmoz@reddthat.com 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

A person sees a piece of art and is inspired. They understand what they see, be it a rose bush to paint or a story beat to work on. This inspiration leads to actual decisions being made with a conscious aim to create art.

An AI, on the other hand, sees a rose bush and adds it to its rose bush catalog, reads a story beat and adds to to its story database. These databases are then shuffled and things are picked out, with no mind involved whatsoever.

A person knows why a rose bush is beautiful, and internalises that thought to create art. They know why a story beat is moving, and can draw out emotional connections. An AI can't do either of these.

[-] Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago

The way you describe how these models work is wrong. This video does a good job of explaining how they work.

[-] irmoz@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I know it doesn't actually "see" anything, and is just making best guesses based on pre-gathered data. I was just simplifying for the comparison.

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