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We've been living in the (golden age?) of crowdsourced information for a while now. AI-generated content at scale (especially if it has marketing dollars behin
by quartz 3y ago
We've been living in the (golden age?) of crowdsourced information for a while now.
AI-generated content at scale (especially if it has marketing dollars behind it trying to influence future models) may well cause a resurgence of curated / authenticated information services.
- whatwhaaaaat 3y agoWe didn’t stop trusting “authenticated sources” because of “crowdsourced information”. We stopped trusting “authenticated sources” because they constantly lie to fit whatever agenda is being pushed. I can say with certainty that genie is not going back in the bottle no matter how much censoring websites past their prime implement.
- coolbreezetft22 3y agoeyeroll I read the economist on a weekly basis and can confidently say that that form of curated professional journalism is much better than random partisans on twitter loudly shouting about everything
- bugglebeetle 3y agoThis is somewhat hilarious because the Economist is famous for its unsigned articles and IIRC lacks citations, such that you have no way to verify whether the person writing them has any expertise in whatever they’re spouting off about. It’s effectively a middle-brow subreddit in print.
- LordDragonfang 3y agoWhile I agree that the Economist is infamous for having the occasional-to-frequent terrible take under a common pseudonym, I think you're wildly overselling the quality of most mid-brow subreddits (Or have a definition of "middle brow" that only includes the top 90th percentile).
- bugglebeetle 3y agoI’ve read the Economist and its depth of insight is equivalent to your average top comment on r/Neoliberal (and I don’t mean that as compliment the subreddit).
- mnky9800n 3y ago> Here are 5 prompts YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE AI REPLACES YOUR JOB I think this is what is going to cause me to delete twitter.
- __MatrixMan__ 3y agoWhatever the cause, I doubt you'll regret it.