Perfection is Just Another Kind of Fake (Blog 161)

https://youtu.be/5kbR9QmU-so

(5/4/2025) What began as a reactionary comment to Adam Neely’s “The Ethics of Fake Guitar” which was originally sparked by the recent online outrage of content creators faking their content to make themselves look better, more accomplished and a prodigy of their craft for financial gain.

What happens when the pursuit of perfection becomes a performance? When the culture of content creation is promoting a buzz that doesn’t really exist to begin with. This more personal reflection on fake playing, AI-generated work, and what happens when social media warps art into salesmanship. There’s a difference between using tools to bring a vision to life and using them to stage a fantasy. That’s where intention comes in. This essay dives into the ethics of production, the illusion of perfection, the subtle manipulation of belief-based marketing, and how genre communities—are now being reframed by social pressure disguised as musicianship and art.

I’m not here to gatekeep. I’m not above using AI. I’m not mad about backing tracks or sweetened mixes when its stated that is what it is. I’m just asking: What are we doing this for? Who are we trying to impress? Because pretending to be something you’re not might get you views—but it won’t make you real. And when everything online is performance, intention may be the last thing we actually own.

Perfectio est aliud genus ficti
Latin: Perfection is just another kind of fake
https://mineofilms.me/perfectfake/
by David-Angelo Mineo
with editorial assistance from a Generative Pre-trained Transformative Artificial Intelligence
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