Social Con Delhi-NCRT and a Rant on Generative AI
Yesterday, I went for a social convention centered around animation, comics, and gaming. I honestly went there to see a tekken 8 tournament but ended up staying for the creators. I came across 'Black Valiant' an Indian manga-inspired comic. It blew me away, I could tell the characters had a lot of depth and really like the art style as well. I feel I came across something great and if anyone is interested in manga they should definitely give it a read.
And Now The Rant
Generative AI is killing my craft. I have been using it to programme for two years now, and there is no doubt that there are projects that would never have been completed had it not been for my Gemini subscriptions. But have I actually become better as a programmer? I have been exposed to new things for sure, such as the painting simulator. But I cannot for the life of me recreate that. And then another thing. The Procedural Planet Generator I spent days making, following Sebastian Lague's process...ruined. I asked AI to help me save the mesh so I could use it in another project. After multiple iterations and tweaks to the actual mesh generator I managed to accompalish just that. But to my horror I could not generate any new meshes. I am sure if I revisit it, I will be able fix the bugs but when I will actually get down to it, I don't know. AI has spoilt a toy I was fond of and stained a project I was proud of.
Another issue is that it is inhibiting my creativity. Every problem has multiple solutions and to move forward I have to make a decision, decisions that the AI is making and not me. Decisions that impact the future design of the project. So everytime it makes a decision for me, it robs me of the design freedom, anlaysis of the pros and cons, learning opportunities for fundamentals.
Lastly, I don't feel like a better programmer. I cannot remember syntax that should be second nature for me. All these skills will come only from repeated practice. And using AI certainly will prevent just that.
So from here on out, all my endeavours will be 100% Human Intelligence.
~sailboat642