Karen X Cheng: AI Tools Are Specialized Instruments, Not Human Replacements
Karen X Cheng · AI and the Creator Economy with Karen X Cheng · Nov 9, 2022 · at 19:01
Digital creator Karen X Cheng discusses how creators conceptualize and combine generative AI tools like DALL-E and Midjourney.
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“AI in the mass media, there's sort of this misconception or perception that AI is just this like all powerful thing that's going to replace humans. But I think a more interesting way to think of it is that they are tools and each one is a specific tool for a specific purpose.”
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