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The absurd amount of AI slop all over the internet getting so much traction with almost no scrutiny boggles my mind.
The AI takeover happened in only a couple of years and changed social media profoundly. Our feeds are clogged with low-effort and equally low-quality AI garbage — a deserving name for content that stinks. We can't use our favourite punctuation (em-dash) anymore without people questioning our humanity. AI slop is a careless imitation of existing content that destroys livelihoods and contributes to brain rot. GenAI is error-prone, proclaiming made-up "facts" and papers "siting" fake credentials. That begs the questions. How can we possibly trust anything we see online now?
More worryingly, how much do people even care?
I care a lot. I care about humanity. I care about real creators losing business and motivation to carry on. I care a great deal about the integrity of societies. I care if you care.
Businesses and folks in non-creative industries tend not to care because they don't feel the direct hit. Creatives? Ah... creatives care. We are the people with the lived-experience. I call it the "AI-degloving" era. Imagine being run over and the top layers of your skin, muscle, and connective tissue being torn away from the bone. Recovery is often long and a highly individual process, taking months to years. That's the trauma creators feel. That's why the anti-AI revolution started.
Also, don't ask me to "humanize" AI-generated content. It's like trying to walk a cat on a leash at a canine festival and letting hundreds of dogs butt-sniff.
Offensive. Rude. A crime.
Just don't.
Also also, verifying AI-generated content takes more time than gathering information from trustworthy sources and writing my own words.
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