the problem with generative ai in kpop is that anything which takes off the inhumane average idol workload would be a good thing but if that thing mows down half the rainforest, steals art, fools us, covertly influences, dumbs me down, and drastically speeds up the already scary comeback cycle (since you can pump out ai goop faster) so that idols end up working more anyway aka we are back to square one. which is we why gotta make even the most seductive ai content flop collectively for all it’s worth, and pressure companies to legally mark their products as such so we can avoid and flag and ignore it.
i mean imagine. even if it rests him i don’t want to see let’s say taemin copied to fake dance as “t-AI-min the carbon footprint criminal” in some elusive popup store wasting a gazillion gallons of water, and he doesn’t even get paid for lending his likeness. which is what it boils down to. the cash will skip the actual artists and go straight to the upper echelon. all training, fame, and skills in vain. i know it’s too late since companies use ai slop excessively at full force since it benefits only them and we consume it whether we want to or not but we can still refuse the obvious content. it just ruins fandoms, concert culture (!), the work of editors, fics (use stories as AI fodder? don’t complain if authors stop writing entirely! we strike until you act right), fair salaries, privacy, and our perception of artistic excellence.
in other words: in all possible lives i would choose yoongi rapping in person and not some “agust chatgpt” robo machine ffs the human eyes and ears are made to yearn for real voices and faces not animated bot idols 2.0