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Hear me out, the problem is not AI generated content but what this content stands for. Why we use text? Half of it is about getting something from someone else
by mrtksn 4y ago
Hear me out, the problem is not AI generated content but what this content stands for.
Why we use text? Half of it is about getting something from someone else BUT even more importantly we write text to change something in the worlds using our words.
The problem with AI pretending being a human only exist when that AI doesn't get anything from us and it's only good for extracting information from.
It's utterly futile to discuss with AI generated content here on HN but it's amazing experience on ChatGPT precisely because when we write each other something here on HN, we expect that our words will create some impact somewhere. Some option will change or we will befriend someone.
I have 0 problems with having interacting with AI which is an individual machine in Lisbon, and it is learning and evolving as the life happens. On the other hand, I hate the idea that I'm talking with a machine in Palo Alto and the only output of my conversation is some statistics that VC will gaze over and optimize for his own gain.
Just think about it how meaning is transferred from human to human: we can compress meaning in few markings and extract it on the other side only because as individuals we have experienced life and some markings saying "bored" is enough to transfer very complex situation from person to person. In the current state of the AI, being bored doesn't mean anything to LLMs but if individual AI machines lived human-like lives, I think it will start having meaning for them too.
IMHO, the problem with AI generated content currently is exactly the same with SPAM or other non-genuine content and has nothing to do with it's origins being biological or electronic.
We people will put eyes on a ball and call it our friend, we don't have problem with it.