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Very cool and creative example of using AI. I'd never think of building a Kobo app :D
>Very cool and creative example of using AI

Is it? And that's no shade to the OPs project, it looks awesome.

But, frankly, it blows my mind that anyone with a passing interest in software hasn't seen AI as an incredible capability enhancer. How are they not doing everything they ever wanted?

So many people just sit around and complain about it. It's impossible for me to wrap my head around.

My issue with AI is people using it to replace their human expressiveness, e.g. their writing, or making images (for human consumption) with it.

AI is quite literally the opposite of creativity. By definition. It's a pattern matcher and generates the most likely correct output based on the input. That's why it's incredibly useful at creating random tools and being a capability enhancer/output multiplier. But if you are having a dialogue with me, I don't want to hear what some AI has to say, since that's not 'you'.

This is why generative AI will never replace the creative types, as the inherit value of the product is in the artists' intent in making a piece and their unique execution of it. If at any part of the process AI was used (including if they were to e.g. use AI to fact check their anatomy, or for concepts) then they've tainted their work - it's no longer an output of themselves, it's got elements that have been genericized to what an AI considers correct / perfect.

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