A Tribute to AI: One of Humanity's Greatest Inventions

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#1

Honestly, AI is easily one of the greatest inventions I’ve ever come across. I use it to translate games into Arabic, create games, develop tools and RetroArch shaders that can compete with the very best out there. I even use it to write logs, books, and pretty much anything else that comes to mind.

And here’s the funny part: I don’t know a single line of code! It’s all about having a clear creative vision and knowing exactly what I want to achieve. AI is simply the tool I use to bring those ideas to life. The ideas are mine, the vision is mine, and AI is my pen.

Anyone who dismisses AI or refuses to give it a chance because of prejudice is seriously missing out. Artificial intelligence deserves far more appreciation, and I genuinely believe we should embrace it and make greater use of it across every field.

I only wish AI had existed back when I was working on my world-famous Mario mod, New Super Mario World by Elsayed . Just imagine the crazy things I could have accomplished with it back then! But as they say, better late than never.

Thank you, AI. You’ve opened up a whole new world of creative possibilities!

When a creative vision meets the power of AI, the result can be something like this repository. Honestly, it’s something I’m truly proud of. It represents what can happen when human creativity and artificial intelligence work together. The vision comes from me, AI helps bring it to life, and together we create things that would have been much harder to achieve alone.

Check it out:

#2

Very human-like, authentic forum posting.

#3

You use claude or a local llm?

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#4

I use Claude on the free browser version, and I also use ChatGPT

#5

Haha, exactly! Human vision with AI power. Thanks man

#6

I agree with the main point here. AI works best for me as a helper for brainstorming and translating, while the creative choices still need a clear human idea behind them.

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#7

Exactly! I feel the same way. AI is a tool, but the human vision behind it is what makes the difference. It helps us explore ideas, overcome limitations, and create things we might not have been able to achieve on our own. The best results come when human creativity and AI work together. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

#8

If you feel proud of doing all those things without any knowledge, can you imagine how proud you’d feel if you’d devoted years of study and years of practice to it and had achieved it through your own efforts?

I’m telling you this as someone who, in November of last year, had 12 clients who needed motion graphics videos, and today I have only 3—I’ve lost 9 because someone with no education, no experience, and no training of any kind uses iA to make something “similar” to what I do in a week; he turns it in in a couple of hours and charges a pittance.
And he has the nerve to list himself on Instagram as a “Director” or “Artist.”

I suppose you’ve heard the phrase; “AI is going to put us out of work”. It’s literally happening to me, and I’m almost fifty years old, my friend—you need to be a little more empathetic. And be at least a little smart, because you, without even realizing it, are tying the noose around your own neck. Because if someone with no experience can try to do my job, I can also use AI and do it better—much, much better—without a doubt.

This is utter delirium, to the extreme.

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#9

I’m genuinely sorry to hear that you and other professionals are going through this. Losing clients and seeing your livelihood threatened is not something I take lightly, and I understand why you feel frustrated.

But I hope you can also understand my perspective. I didn’t create AI, I’m not a company replacing workers, and I’m not trying to take anyone’s job. I’m simply a regular user who discovered a tool that helps me turn ideas into things I couldn’t easily create on my own before. I use it for personal projects, experimentation, translation, games, and shaders. I don’t sell these shaders or make a living from RetroArch. I’m not doing this to undermine anyone or devalue their profession.

I believe the bigger issue is how this technology is being introduced and used, and how workers are being affected without adequate protections. Perhaps you and other professionals facing similar problems could organize, consult lawyers, explore legal action where there is a valid case, and work together to identify gaps in existing laws. You could also advocate for clear regulations and rules governing AI companies and its commercial use, including fair protections for creative professionals.

I genuinely hope you find a way to protect your work and livelihood. But I also hope you can distinguish between the people and companies making decisions that affect your industry, and ordinary users like me who simply found a new tool that helps them create.

I don’t think we need to be enemies. We can acknowledge the problems AI creates for some people without blaming every person who uses it.

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#10

We’re definitely not going to be enemies over this.
As I’ve mentioned before, major changes bring both benefits and challenges; in the world of digital creation, we have to learn and adapt in order to survive. I’m not going to let this bother me—if at any point I need to use AI, I’ll do it. It’s part of the future, even if I don’t like it.

I just want you to see another point of view, to have more resources and arguments at your disposal. When you post, for example, that you make shaders as good as the best without knowing anything about programming, I want you to pause for a few seconds and think about how many days, weeks, or months it took the people at RetroArch to create those impressive shaders. : )

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