I’ve been saying for a few years now that the Information Age is coming to an end. Between low quality AI generated content, SEO, and LLMs that hallucinate and can’t or won’t cite their sources, finding information that is relevant, accurate, and useful is becoming much harder.
ThulfWaatu on
There’s the focus on the problem to sensationalize the matter, but there was also a solution to the problem.
In the grand scheme of things, this looks to be a transitional period we’re in.
One day the “AI slop” might become so good it pushes human creativity to a level that’s either of a new kind or simply just higher and higher. Life tends to find a way.
Same with other types of problems, like “critical thinking” and the like.
Suspicious_Taro_88 on
This might be a good thing. It may be better for the world to believe that everything is fake than for a privileged few to control what people perceive as real.
tmillernc on
I, for one, hope it collapses in on itself and we can then return to some semblance of decent human society.
softclone on
Riiiight yeah the series of tubes are ‘clogged’
This article is genuine human-authored slop
phdoofus on
Techbros: We just need more AI to solve this problem!
ThCuts on
The number of bots I’ve reported lately is a sign the fun times are coming to a close.
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I’ve been saying for a few years now that the Information Age is coming to an end. Between low quality AI generated content, SEO, and LLMs that hallucinate and can’t or won’t cite their sources, finding information that is relevant, accurate, and useful is becoming much harder.
There’s the focus on the problem to sensationalize the matter, but there was also a solution to the problem.
In the grand scheme of things, this looks to be a transitional period we’re in.
One day the “AI slop” might become so good it pushes human creativity to a level that’s either of a new kind or simply just higher and higher. Life tends to find a way.
Same with other types of problems, like “critical thinking” and the like.
This might be a good thing. It may be better for the world to believe that everything is fake than for a privileged few to control what people perceive as real.
I, for one, hope it collapses in on itself and we can then return to some semblance of decent human society.
Riiiight yeah the series of tubes are ‘clogged’
This article is genuine human-authored slop
Techbros: We just need more AI to solve this problem!
The number of bots I’ve reported lately is a sign the fun times are coming to a close.