aft_punk t1_j9id1ve wrote on February 22, 2023 at 4:27 AM

Reply to comment by Shelsonw in Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers by Vucea

I actually think it has the possibility of swinging the other way (at least in some areas).

Content being read and judged more critically, to select the gems among the sea of drivel (which humans are quite capable of producing without the assistance of AI)

This article is about the editors attempts to block AI content, it’s hard to see how a publication will be able to curate high quality content without a bit of my theory playing out.

Ehgadsman t1_j9isozl wrote on February 22, 2023 at 7:13 AM

its not the quality, its the ability to deal with the shear mass of AI generated content versus content humans take time to produce.

Shelsonw t1_j9je5kp wrote on February 22, 2023 at 11:55 AM

And I view that opinion about quality to be so short sighted. Like, it’s quality today, the technology has functionality been around for what, a year? If we don’t think it’s going to improve, then we’re crazy. I mean, it’s already secretly winning art competitions. That’s quality production

https://www.theinertia.com/surf/ai-generated-surf-image-wins-australian-photo-competition/#

scummos t1_j9iy72c wrote on February 22, 2023 at 8:23 AM

> I actually think it has the possibility of swinging the other way (at least in some areas).

I think that's without alternatives honestly. The internet long has suffered from a problem with algorithmically curated, if not outright generated, content now. This time will come to an end, because already now googling things tends to yield heaps of garbage to sift through to get to the one good piece of information, and it will get worse quickly with all this AI tooling available.

I guess people will turn back to reading their favourite blogs and websites more (or the more modern counterparts realized in Instagram or whatever -- same concept, you look at content created or curated by a specific person), and explore through what people they trust point them to. Which is probably a good thing, since exploring the algorithm-curated landscape was usually not particularly great. (I'm looking at you, "Youtube related videos".)

I think the algorithmically curated landscape (e.g. Google search) will retract more and more towards just buying/selling things, because that's a transaction with real money and real things attached, which cannot plausibly be fudged by AI.

K----_ST t1_j9lmxwd wrote on February 22, 2023 at 9:32 PM

As long as you have the option to upvote or 'like' or 'retweet' things, your theory doesn't hold true. The internet is about popular opinion even if it's not right.