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Since the VC-backed beginning of "social", Internet became a shared cesspool with gamed interactions. Not really a fulfillment of a dream of the majority of hum
by bitL 4y ago
Since the VC-backed beginning of "social", Internet became a shared cesspool with gamed interactions. Not really a fulfillment of a dream of the majority of humanity.
- alex_sf 4y agoThat's not fair at all. Unless you're prepared to say that, given the opportunity, you would turn the internet off, this is just rhetoric.
- bitL 4y agoDunno, I remember early Internet; I think we will see it getting in a much worse shape with ChatGPT/Stable diffusion-like tech deployed at scale. Pointless interaction with bots all the time on bot-generated websites with viewers being gamified to spend as much money/attention as possible, original human-made content disappearing everywhere.
- alex_sf 4y agoAgain, this is rhetoric, if you're not prepared to turn it off now. It's also ascribing some unassailable quality to human-made content that would make it strictly superior to AI generated. There's no reason to think that, likely sooner rather than later, AI generated content would be more interesting and relevant.
- wkat4242 4y agoBombing raids on crowded cities weren't exactly a dream of humanity either. As with any new tech it can be used for both good and evil. The internet actually has a lot in common with human flight. Both made the world a smaller place.