The alien ambassador sidled through the museum in awe.

The alien ambassador sidled through the museum in awe.

"You Humans have so much art! Do you have machines to make all paintings, poems, stories and songs?"

"We experimented with that, briefly," the guide said. "But humans are both cheaper and more creative. And, well, we will make art regardless."

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@MicroSFF Would 'cheaper' be in the alien's vocabulary when it comes to art? I always wondered about the sales prices of art pieces... But then again, I might be an alien...

@apenkop @MicroSFF

I think "cheaper" means that commissioning humans is cheaper and more sustainable than paying for genAI tokens

@apenkop @MicroSFF

I think "cheaper" means that commissioning humans is cheaper and more sustainable than paying for genAI tokens

The alien ambassador sidled through the museum in awe.

"You Humans have so much art! Do you have machines to make all paintings, poems, stories and songs?"

"We experimented with that, briefly," the guide said. "But humans are both cheaper and more creative. And, well, we will make art regardless."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

The alien ambassador sidled through the museum in awe.

"You Humans have so much art! Do you have machines to make all paintings, poems, stories and songs?"

"We experimented with that, briefly," the guide said. "But humans are both cheaper and more creative. And, well, we will make art regardless."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

@MicroSFF Would 'cheaper' be in the alien's vocabulary when it comes to art? I always wondered about the sales prices of art pieces... But then again, I might be an alien...

@MicroSFF @apenkop if you take into account the dozens of hours a piece of art can take to make, plus time spent practicing techniques, sketching studies, and making pieces that don't sell in the end, not to mention materials, I sometimes wonder how they make a living.

The alien ambassador sidled through the museum in awe.

"You Humans have so much art! Do you have machines to make all paintings, poems, stories and songs?"

"We experimented with that, briefly," the guide said. "But humans are both cheaper and more creative. And, well, we will make art regardless."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

@MicroSFF @apenkop if you take into account the dozens of hours a piece of art can take to make, plus time spent practicing techniques, sketching studies, and making pieces that don't sell in the end, not to mention materials, I sometimes wonder how they make a living.

@DerPumu There has been a Dutch tv-documentary series about Henri Matisse. Being a painter isn't just a choice of profession, it's who you are as a human. The series is called 'Krabbé zoekt Matisse' (Krabbé's search for Matisse) produces by AVROTros and perhaps retrievable through NPOStart
(https://npo.nl/start/serie/krabbe-zoekt/afleveringen/seizoen-6_1).
@MicroSFF

The alien ambassador sidled through the museum in awe.

"You Humans have so much art! Do you have machines to make all paintings, poems, stories and songs?"

"We experimented with that, briefly," the guide said. "But humans are both cheaper and more creative. And, well, we will make art regardless."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

@DerPumu So true. That's why I never became the writer I was destined to be*, because by lack of resources I went working for a patron, 50 years ago now.
*joking; perhaps I wouldn't ever have become a respected writer, I never published stuff.
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@MicroSFF @apenkop it's never too late

@DerPumu I intend to keep it at anecdote level. I savor other people's writings. @MicroSFF

The alien ambassador sidled through the museum in awe.

"You Humans have so much art! Do you have machines to make all paintings, poems, stories and songs?"

"We experimented with that, briefly," the guide said. "But humans are both cheaper and more creative. And, well, we will make art regardless."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories