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Regarding how the overall economy will fare, observing the current trends I don’t see how AI won’t just futher enshittify more. I watch TV with obviously auto-
by TheJoeMan 4y ago
Regarding how the overall economy will fare, observing the current trends I don’t see how AI won’t just futher enshittify more.
I watch TV with obviously auto-generated subtitles. Where a human cares enough to backspace and correct typos, the broadcaster is perfectly content paying cheap rate for 80% okay subtitles, which can’t even type “oh goodness that’s TMI” without mangling it.
My walmart shopping is self-checkout, and you’re in for a treat if the fruit you grabbed is missing a barcode so you stand around waiting on an attendant. But others would just “steal” it out of impatience, causing some corpo MBA to complain about “high shrinkage”.
Disney has setup a fake screen behind the actors to display the background for shooting, how long until an AI generates fake cityscapes for movies, and people stop getting a sense for what the real world looks like? But hey, paying workers for foreign set locations and B roll is pricey!
- jamiek88 4y agoYou know you can look up the produce item on a keyboard search? ‘Look up item’. You don’t need an attendant for that. Sorry to interrupt your rant, ranting is important.
- the_sleaze9 4y agoThis addresses none of the concerns raised in the above post, which you malign as a rant. Hacker news is not the place for hot take-downs and ignorant dismissals. There are other places for that.
- CelticBard 4y agoHacker news is a space for whatever you need it to be. Don’t gatekeep
- jamiek88 4y agoHa, I actually really meant that these rants are important. No shade meant, and clearly no benefit of the doubt given to someone trying to just pass along a helpful hint either.