5 ms·

Reminds me of when cable tv became a thing and the “57 channels and nothing on” song https://youtu.be/YAlDbP4tdqc https://youtu.be/YAlDbP4tdqc

by eismcc 4y ago

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
IIRC, it only became unbearable once HOme Shopping Network and extended infomercials became a thing. Before that, there was more scripted content even if it was just reruns.
snek_case 4y ago
Well, I think that ideally, if you have AI-generated content, the AI would generate content that's tailored specifically for you. It would have a good model of what you're interested in, and would know how to create an intrigue that you specifically will find interesting.
- sitkack 4y ago
  It will be AI generated shopping channel dynamically generating products for you to buy on subscription. This one of the solutions to the Drake equation
  - dotnet00 4y ago
    This reminds me of Google's 'The Selfish Ledger' thought experiment video from a few years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDVVo14A_fo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDVVo14A_fo
    - sitkack 4y ago
      Wow
  - Melting_Harps 4y ago
    > It will be AI generated shopping channel dynamically generating products for you to buy on subscription. This one of the solutions to the Drake equation This is rather probable business model for non General-AI targeted at the end consumer, incidentally it too reads like an AI response: specifically the part about the Drake equation and reminds me of Carbon Based Lifeforms - MOS 6581, whose lyrics also sound like an AI repeating a story about horses and Mongols like OPs [0]. And the start of album is a track called Abiogenesis that has a repetition of the Drake Equation in it, no less. Putting all that together as a person that is actually studying AI/ML, I found it all rather freaky. Obviously, I know AI in it's current form is rather limited in it's capacity and scope but it makes for interesting lore none the less. Especially if it ever lives up to it's marketing hype. I'll be saving this post to look back at as I progress in my studies over the years. 0: https://genius.com/Carbon-based-lifeforms-mos-6581-lyrics https://genius.com/Carbon-based-lifeforms-mos-6581-lyrics
    - sitkack 4y ago
      We are using ML and the pointy end of capitalism to create traps for the human mind (at scale). This is dangerous.
      - Melting_Harps 4y ago
        > We are using ML and the pointy end of capitalism to create traps for the human mind (at scale). This is dangerous. That remains to be seen, if the extent of ML thus far can be measured by it most ubiquitous use case then it's only pitfall is making people worse spellers than they already were. Autocorrect is a form of ML that quite honestly displays the MANY shortcomings at something that has been around for what? Nearly 20 years now? While concern is the main response to new things, I'm cautiously optimistic, I'm just finding that it's use-cases seem trivial more than impactful let alone existential.
        sitkack 4y ago
        > if the extent of ML thus far can be measured by it most ubiquitous use case then it's only pitfall is making people worse spellers than they already were that is a ridiculous gaslight. ML makes people worse spellers, really?

Reminds me of when cable tv became a thing and the “57 channels and nothing on” song https://youtu.be/YAlDbP4tdqc https://youtu.be/YAlDbP4tdqc

by eismcc 4y ago

Reminds me of when cable tv became a thing and the “57 channels and nothing on” song https://youtu.be/YAlDbP4tdqc https://youtu.be/YAlDbP4tdqc

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago

IIRC, it only became unbearable once HOme Shopping Network and extended infomercials became a thing. Before that, there was more scripted content even if it was just reruns.

snek_case 4y ago

Well, I think that ideally, if you have AI-generated content, the AI would generate content that's tailored specifically for you. It would have a good model of what you're interested in, and would know how to create an intrigue that you specifically will find interesting.

sitkack 4y ago
It will be AI generated shopping channel dynamically generating products for you to buy on subscription. This one of the solutions to the Drake equation
- dotnet00 4y ago
  This reminds me of Google's 'The Selfish Ledger' thought experiment video from a few years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDVVo14A_fo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDVVo14A_fo
  - sitkack 4y ago
    Wow
- Melting_Harps 4y ago
  > It will be AI generated shopping channel dynamically generating products for you to buy on subscription. This one of the solutions to the Drake equation This is rather probable business model for non General-AI targeted at the end consumer, incidentally it too reads like an AI response: specifically the part about the Drake equation and reminds me of Carbon Based Lifeforms - MOS 6581, whose lyrics also sound like an AI repeating a story about horses and Mongols like OPs [0]. And the start of album is a track called Abiogenesis that has a repetition of the Drake Equation in it, no less. Putting all that together as a person that is actually studying AI/ML, I found it all rather freaky. Obviously, I know AI in it's current form is rather limited in it's capacity and scope but it makes for interesting lore none the less. Especially if it ever lives up to it's marketing hype. I'll be saving this post to look back at as I progress in my studies over the years. 0: https://genius.com/Carbon-based-lifeforms-mos-6581-lyrics https://genius.com/Carbon-based-lifeforms-mos-6581-lyrics
  - sitkack 4y ago
    We are using ML and the pointy end of capitalism to create traps for the human mind (at scale). This is dangerous.
    - Melting_Harps 4y ago
      > We are using ML and the pointy end of capitalism to create traps for the human mind (at scale). This is dangerous. That remains to be seen, if the extent of ML thus far can be measured by it most ubiquitous use case then it's only pitfall is making people worse spellers than they already were. Autocorrect is a form of ML that quite honestly displays the MANY shortcomings at something that has been around for what? Nearly 20 years now? While concern is the main response to new things, I'm cautiously optimistic, I'm just finding that it's use-cases seem trivial more than impactful let alone existential.
      - sitkack 4y ago
        > if the extent of ML thus far can be measured by it most ubiquitous use case then it's only pitfall is making people worse spellers than they already were that is a ridiculous gaslight. ML makes people worse spellers, really?