What is the legitimate use-case for generative AI? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by B1naryB0t@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I promise this question is asked in good faith. I do not currently see the point of generative AI and I want to understand why there's hype. There are ethical concerns but we'll ignore ethics for the question.

In creative works like writing or art, it feels soulless and poor quality. In programming at best it's a shortcut to avoid deeper learning, at worst it spits out garbage code that you spend more time debugging than if you had just written it by yourself.

When I see AI ads directed towards individuals the selling point is convenience. But I would feel robbed of the human experience using AI in place of human interaction.

So what's the point of it all?

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[-] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

AI is huge in video games for upscaling tech like DLSS which can boost performance by running the game at a low resolution then upscaling it, the result is genuinely great

frame gen is blurry af and eats shit on any fast motion. rendering games at 640x480 and then scaling them to sensible resolutions is horrible artistic practice.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

rendering games at 640x480 and then scaling them to sensible resolutions is horrible artistic practice.

Is that a reason a lot of pixel art games are looking like shit? I remember the era of 320x240 and 640x480 and the modern pixel art are looking noticeably worse.

[-] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

that's probably more to do with a lack of dithering and not using tubes anymore. lots of those older games looked better on crt than they do on digital

[-] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

a good example is dracula's eyes in symphony of the night, on crt the red bleeds over giving a really good red eyes effect
on lcd they are just single red pixels and look awful

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Quite possibly, old games also look worse on emus (and don't even let me start about those remasters, i got incredibly hyped for incoming Suikoden 1+2 on PC but my eyes fucking bleed).

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