Ran across this tonight and thought the Calvin and Hobbes fans here might want to read it

[highplainsdem]

6. "It's the irreducible need to create. And typing words into an AI prompt is not enough... AI allows us to avoid a lot of

work but maybe we need reminding that the hard work may be something we want to do."

Exactly. Watterson understood both creativity and ethics.

Both are worth fighting for. Both are matters of integrity.

It's something we're reminded of every day as we see news stories about individuals, businesses, schools and organizations capitulating to Trump. Selling out. Selling their souls.

The capitulation to AI is sometimes harder to detect because, even with all the pathetic "Resistance is futile!" nonsense from AI shills and advocates - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221279347 - using AI is still also pitched as somehow empowering and liberating. I hate to think how many aspiring artists who could have been successful are being discouraged from even trying, because of AI. How much our society is being cheated of real artistic contributions. How much those people are being cheated of knowing what real creativity and accomplishment feel like.