#pythians

+ With the stark rise in AI-generated content, participating in the Pythian games could permanently mark the participants as "legit" in their style and help them become more publicly prominent and trustworthy as creators.

- Creators would be required to show up and create their works in person to prove that they aren't using AI-generation tools.

° Digital works would have to be worked on *exclusively* while on-site, to ensure that no AI-generation or tampering is done outside of approved hours.

+ The process of each artist could be livestreamed to the world on a website dedicated to the Pythian Games.

+ The Pythian Games could double as a networking opportunity, for artists of differing fields (music vs visual vs writing vs...) to work together as a team later for larger projects.

- The first event would need to be small-scale, as resources likely wouldn't become available unless the event proves successful first.

+ If all goes well, the Pythian Games could become an international event, allowing creators from around the world to show what they're worth.

° In countries lacking internet access or otherwise lacking the ability to watch from home, pre-existing sites could be set up to stream each section of the games on their own large monitor.

- The judging crew would need to be very large, to represent every country and every country's demographics.

° Alternatively, the works could be voted on by the people viewing, but this would require documenting the IP of each vote and banning the use of VPNs while voting to ensure that people aren't botting in favor of a specific candidate. Some countries would absolutely do this for the glory alone.

° Countries that largely lack internet access could have an office dedicated to viewer polling in each viewing facility.

+ The Pythian Games could combat the rise of anti-intellectualism in some developed nations, by making visual art, music, literature, and other artistic mediums more valued in the eyes of the public.

+ Turning the practice of manually creating artistic works by hand into a sport could encourage younger folks to actually learn how to make these things instead of relying on AI to do it for them.

☆ Please reblog with any artistic mediums I may have missed, I want to create a list of categories later and don't want anyone left out.