The knowledge isn’t the capital. The ability to actually accomplish something with the knowledge is the actual value. ChatGPT and other LLMs make existing knowledge far more accessible and digestible for many, allowing humans to apply that knowledge for their own use.
The model is proprietary and owned (though perhaps it’s existence makes others cheaper to create), but the output, which is it’s primary value, is available very cheaply.
The output is just that. The model allows you to create endless output. The knowledge needed to operate an art generator has nothing to do with art and is so basic and widespread a child can do it: just tell it what you want it to draw. There may be a few quirks to prompting but it’s not something even remotely comparable to the complexity of actually making art by yourself. No matter how you look at it, the model is the “means of production” here. The prompter does roughly what a commissioner would, so the model replaces entirely the technical expertise of the artist.
The knowledge isn’t the capital. The ability to actually accomplish something with the knowledge is the actual value. ChatGPT and other LLMs make existing knowledge far more accessible and digestible for many, allowing humans to apply that knowledge for their own use.
The model is proprietary and owned (though perhaps it’s existence makes others cheaper to create), but the output, which is it’s primary value, is available very cheaply.
The output is just that. The model allows you to create endless output. The knowledge needed to operate an art generator has nothing to do with art and is so basic and widespread a child can do it: just tell it what you want it to draw. There may be a few quirks to prompting but it’s not something even remotely comparable to the complexity of actually making art by yourself. No matter how you look at it, the model is the “means of production” here. The prompter does roughly what a commissioner would, so the model replaces entirely the technical expertise of the artist.