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One of the silver linings to AI mass generated fake news IMHO is that the professional gatekeepers of traditional media will once again be appreciated for the v

One of the silver linings to AI mass generated fake news IMHO is that the professional gatekeepers of traditional media will once again be appreciated for the value they add in verification. The so-called "new media" with few exceptions is totally parasitic on them to do the real work which they would use just enough to maintain respectability over their clickbait editorializing. I don't think it's at all a positive that trad med. had to start adapting to some of that, and I'll be happy to see them less encumbered by it.

tomjen3 3y ago
I doubt it. People generally want to be told what they believe, not what is right. I also doubt the journalists do enough real fact checking to matter.
capableweb 3y ago
Well, time will tell if it's a silver lining or not. In my experience, the traditional media tries to follow the trends instead, like clickbait was just done in scammy websites at first, then more and more "legitimate" websites started doing it and now I sometimes see even The Guardian doing clickbait titles sometimes. My fear is that they will start using those AI tools instead of doubling down on quality, because they didn't double down on quality before so why would they now?
stainablesteel 3y ago
establishment media does nothing but gaslight and ignore important information i'm a little ways west of east palestine and when that train derailed it was twitter and reddit that warned me, the media did nothing plus there are now a ton of individuals across multiple social media sites that are showing information as proper data for a more intellectually honest interpretation of various global trends, crime rates, and economic factors to anyone who looks at it. the news will literally tell you the opposite of what the data says while presenting nothing but the caked-up person who reads their teleprompter. I want better, higher quality information, not gatekeeping.
- cafard 3y ago
  Which media do you rely on for local news?

tomjen3 3y ago

I doubt it. People generally want to be told what they believe, not what is right. I also doubt the journalists do enough real fact checking to matter.

capableweb 3y ago

Well, time will tell if it's a silver lining or not. In my experience, the traditional media tries to follow the trends instead, like clickbait was just done in scammy websites at first, then more and more "legitimate" websites started doing it and now I sometimes see even The Guardian doing clickbait titles sometimes. My fear is that they will start using those AI tools instead of doubling down on quality, because they didn't double down on quality before so why would they now?

stainablesteel 3y ago

establishment media does nothing but gaslight and ignore important information i'm a little ways west of east palestine and when that train derailed it was twitter and reddit that warned me, the media did nothing plus there are now a ton of individuals across multiple social media sites that are showing information as proper data for a more intellectually honest interpretation of various global trends, crime rates, and economic factors to anyone who looks at it. the news will literally tell you the opposite of what the data says while presenting nothing but the caked-up person who reads their teleprompter. I want better, higher quality information, not gatekeeping.

cafard 3y ago
Which media do you rely on for local news?