Ambrogioni asserts that AI-generated content lacks emotional value.
IMO AI slop is going to kill online digital media whose value is purely the emotional/affective value of the reality they show (contrary to e.g. a python tutorial).
Are those threatened digital media good or bad for humanity in the first place ?
Users in the replies condemn AI slop for hijacking attention to drive profits, expressing this through sarcastic calls to revert to manual crafts like stone carving.
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@francoisfleuret Good time to start that newsletter on stone carving.
@francoisfleuret Anything that's actively trying to hijack attention for profit is bad. Unless they were at least trying to collectively raise everyone's IQ instead of manufacturing consent.
@francoisfleuret Neutral, because it frequently exposes and exploits inefficiencies in human psychology, but it also provides entertainment
@francoisfleuret what? why? AI slop has no emotional value whatsoever. AI is much better at writing python tutorials
@francoisfleuret They're bad, but they're our bad.
@francoisfleuret Engagement-optimized emotional content was already synthetic. Curated, edited, algorithmically amplified. AI slop just removes the last trace of human involvement.