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I think we might be in a sort of golden age of data and computation right now, where computation has gotten good enough to do some amazing things, but data are

I think we might be in a sort of golden age of data and computation right now, where computation has gotten good enough to do some amazing things, but data are still either human-generated or a tolerably small number of steps removed. As I think the article alludes, we will soon be awash in AI generated data, but also, the AI itself will be awash in AI generated data. At that point, the AI will either become a chaotic feedback loop, or will be stabilized by treating the golden-age data set as a canon -- much like Christianity was stabilized by the adoption of a canon by the Church Fathers. And the quality of data will become more important than the power of algorithms.

thedailymail 4y ago
> or will be stabilized by treating the golden-age data set as a canon -- much like Christianity was stabilized by the adoption of a canon by the Church Fathers. This made me think of the Memorabilia in "A Canticle for Leibowitz." A body of texts from a bygone age that is preserved and revered by custodians who are unable to improve on, or even understand, it.
danuker 4y ago
> a tolerably small number of steps removed. When I try to search the larger web, only garbage surfaces. I can only find quality content via human-curated sites (like this and Reddit). The golden age is over. Most e-mail is spam. Most sites are advertisements or pushing some other agenda. When bots creating accounts prevail over human moderation of content, the quality will drop in further areas. Then people will stop visiting those areas. There are no winners - visitors, advertisers, and eventually publishers all lose.