Hello yall this post is going to be formatted differently than usual because this is how I write out my thoughts to get my ducks in a row (or untie each knot on the string if you read that post) and get a cohesive idea. Im too lazy to make a proper essay formatted post because I was doing physics electricity problems which im bad at so I im too tired after to bother. I had those problems since im bad at them, I nearly got an aneurism bruh (for real, I got a swirling sound in one ear. If I die that was it lol). Anyways,

Hyperhumanism

My stance that all arts should be made solely by humans, and that there are uniquely human activities that should be kept comprised of only humans. This means no AI art, no chat bots, ect.

Well what’s a human?

Should we go down a philosophy route? No, its all humans under the genus “homo”. As no humans have had their consciousness transferred into digital forms yet, we don’t have to worry about that. If other sentient beings are ever found they don’t have to be humans to have human rights. And ill add that my religious definition doesn’t change, except for the addition of the respective spirit to the human.

Why should we be special?

Because we can in should. This does not grant a mandate of oppression, but an opportunity for self investment of meaning. What I mean is that you can argue all day whether there is inherent meaning in life, but regardless throughout history we have determined it worthwhile to sing, dance, love. To make human pastimes for the enjoyment with other humans. Even in the face of seeming meaninglessness we have forged beauty from dust. There is pride to be had in that.

I believe this is so significant, ill use creativity and humanity somewhat interchangeably from now on. Because if not anything else, the strange little human existence has produced an immensely unique human creativity. What danced and sung before we did? Birds and bees? We say that about them in a coddling, parental way. “Look at the dog howl with the piano, he thinks he’s singing!” And that creativity has further enriched the unmeasurably unique human experience. What sings and dances like us now? Yes there are beautiful symphonies in nature. But there is a uniquely human song you will hear nowhere else, a uniquely human dance that you will see once in a lifetime. Theres nothing like it. Theres something different. Theres something human.

Our humanity is our creativity. Our creativity is our humanity.

What about tools?

We have used tools from the beginning. They are a part of the process.

Is AI not a form of tool?

It is. But it is a tool that removes all humanity through its use. Hear me out here, tools exist on a spectrum. The more a tool removes the creative process, the less human the process becomes. Here’s a quick example that ill try and illustrate my meaning through. Creating a stamp can be a very creative process, but its use of simply marking a letter for delivery alone *is* less so. Here’s another. A digital art brush that uses Hatsune Miku’s face used to paint a leek can be a very creative process, but just using it once to “draw” Miku’s face is less so, especially if that brush was made by another artist. Sure, in an abstract exercise the latter half’s of each example can be full of human creativity and vigor, but if not that then lets be real, its not as much art.

AI tools are uniquely anti-human tools that circumvent an importantly, uniquely *human* process: the creative process. Again, I feel this is near interchangeable.

Abstract art tangent

I have a strengthened appreciation for abstract art as it highlights the humanity of the/an artistic process, and the very important part we (“the audience”) play in imbuing meaning into things. It can do so too much or in bad ways but meh.

AI

Ais main point is to remove the creative process. Any struggle to manifest the actual idea in your head is offshored to the AI. This is the problem in the other cases mentioned before, but with a tool in those cases instead. But AI art *specifically* exists so you can offload human creativity. All that’s left is a sort of base desire to get some dopamine by getting to see what you want to see. There is none of the human story in its process, desire -> struggle ->learn -> refine -> produce.

Reject AI anti-humanism

Stay hyper-humanist