When a part of what you vaguely thought of as “yourself” is no longer “one’s own property” due to Anyone can do it. by commoditization by AI,” what is left for you to say, “This is me. image

Currently, Cognitive Resolution for “self” is low, and you have a vague idea of “self” as a whole, so you probably feel somewhat threatened.

  • Need to clarify the concept of “self”

I first wrote under the title, “When part of what you vaguely thought was you is eaten by AI, what’s left?”

  • I thought “AI will eat you alive” could be interpreted differently from what I wanted to express.
  • but, well, I don’t know a better way to describe it because it’s still vague to me.
  • Expression with a little more bite
    • Commoditization through AI will make it possible for anyone to do it and not “own” it.
  • Cut it down because it’s long: When part of you is eaten by an AI, what’s left?“.
  • I guess “a part of you belongs to everyone.”
    • → When a part of you belongs to everyone else, what is the rest of you?

Example of drawing AI

  • For those who originally thought “I can’t draw”, “drawing” is not “part of what I thought I was”, so commoditization by AI is “gaining power”.
  • For those who originally “can draw” (and perhaps not only “I who can draw” constituted “I”), the commoditization of “a part of what I thought was me” by AI means that “a part of me becomes everyone else’s”.

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