First, be one of us

We don’t like when big tech talks about what their products will do to writers, or artists, or musicians, because they’re not writers, or artists, or musicians.

Artists want to work together to push art forward. We do it all on our own, and we enjoy it intensely.

Same for writers. We do it all on our own, and we enjoy it intensely.

Same for musicians. I’m not a musician, but I adore watching musicians collaborate and advance their genres.

In some ways, AI is a scapegoat — it’s not just AI that bothers creatives. It’s that an outsider came in and decided to tell the doers how to do.

No wonder they’re getting booed during commencement speeches.