Just an observation: Chinese probably create the most AI media in the world (both slop and good quality ones) - if you look at their social media you will find tons of AI videos of different quality, yet you almost never see the general Chinese population criticize or reject them just because they are made by AI. However, the general western discourse on ai generated music and videos are still fairly polarized, as there is still a very large percentage of people rejecting ai made media almost as a matter of principle, and I am just curious as to what do you all think is causing this drastic difference?
To further break this phenomen into categories, my observation is that:
Western public opinion on ai media,
- if used by big gaming and movie studio = hell no, it's unethical and you should be ashamed!
- if used by individuals on social media = this is stupid, so much AI slop
- if used only within friend circles = acceptable but indifferent
Chinese public opinion on ai media,
- if used by big gaming and movie studio = is the game fun? Is it pay to win? even if the criticism is on art, it would be more on criticizing the art bring too generic and leads to fatigue, rather than 'you used AI that's a no no'.
- if used by individuals on social media = damn this is cool / funny / boring / etc. again the focus is not on whether the person used AI
- if used only within friend circles = damn that's cool how did you do that, which app did you use, let me try it.
So I feel like AI seems to weigh much heavier in western discourse and is often linked to ethics, existentialism, and a matter of principal (almost like AI is an original sin, which kinda makes sense as their training is a huge ethics blackhole); whereas in the Chinese discourse, AI is just another tech hype that may or may not be a bubble but everybody is willing to try and already accepting as a common construct in their daily work and life.
Now of course, these are just my observations and I might have over generalized or simplified things, but I am curious to hearing your thoughts on whether my observation is accurate and if so what do you think causes these opposite mindsets toward AI, and finally I wonder what are the discourse like in non-China non-european countries such as Japan, Korea, India, Mexico, etc?
Thanks!
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