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Ask HN: How far are we from a TikTok-style app with 100% ML generated content?
This idea came up on Reddit recently. [0]
I have been thinking about it ever since. Some questions I have:
Do you see this happening?
Would people use such an app, if they knew it was "AI?"
Should something like this be allowed to exist, or would it be considered something bad for society, like smoking? (I assume it would not be banned)
[0] https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/10o07ov/at_some_point_there_will_be_a_tiktoklike_app_with/
- andsoitis 4y ago> Would people use such an app, if they knew it was AI? The point of UGC is that it is... generated by users. If some amount is generated by AI and then humans can riff on it, I think people would use it. But if all content is generated by non-humans, humans would probably not care as much. Participation is the key, not mere passive consumption.
- consumer451 4y agoThe counter argument might be that people do eat candy, smoke cigarettes, watch scripted "reality tv," and generally just want to have a good time. I wish I had more faith in people in their leisure time. Maybe interacting with each other in comments would be enough to satisfy the interaction aspect?
- beanjuiceII 4y agothe future of entertainment news media social etc has me consuming less and less of it than ever before. I instead go do things
- moistly 4y agoIf it entertains, distracts, or zombifies the viewer, they will watch it obsessively, regardless the originator. The masses love their soma.