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It'll be interesting if AI-generated content is ever no longer distinguishable from human writing in both evidence and prose. I suppose that's the ultimate goal

by 2four2 3y ago

It'll be interesting if AI-generated content is ever no longer distinguishable from human writing in both evidence and prose. I suppose that's the ultimate goal. The final hurdle at that point will be the de-democratization of writing and the dilution of creativity and novel writing. There will probably always be a market for that, but for things like reporting events, it seems like AI could easily overtake the industry.

userbinator 3y ago
The more important question is whether it's no longer distinguishable because the AI-generated content has improved, or because human-generated content has regressed.
- DanHulton 3y ago
  I'm not sure if you mean this for real, or if you're just doin' it for the joke, but if you _are_ being serious, perhaps you're just reading the wrong things? There are some truly excellent books, articles, blog posts, and more being written by actual humans out there today, probably more than ever before.
  - ukuina 3y ago
    Separating signal from noise is going to become much harder. Here's a spoiler-filled article from a major site (IGN) whose last paragraph (and likely more) has clearly been authored by ChatGPT in order to meet tight publishing deadlines and coincide with a movie's release: https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-part-2-post-credits-scene-ending-explained-sequel https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-part-2-post-credits-scene-... The indicators are all there: "In short, (vague sentence)... Is (hypothetical from article) or (other hypothetical from article)? Will (vacuous statement) or (inverse vacuous statement)? We'll have to wait for (eventuality) to find out." There is no attribution to AI for the generated content, though, and this lack of attribution is going to become the norm once LLMs become just another authoring tool like spell-check. Coupled with the race for clicks, the "excellent blog posts" are going to be drowned out.
oven9342 3y ago
Pre-2023 printed books will be the new incunabula classic books

by 2four2 3y ago

userbinator 3y ago

The more important question is whether it's no longer distinguishable because the AI-generated content has improved, or because human-generated content has regressed.

DanHulton 3y ago
I'm not sure if you mean this for real, or if you're just doin' it for the joke, but if you _are_ being serious, perhaps you're just reading the wrong things? There are some truly excellent books, articles, blog posts, and more being written by actual humans out there today, probably more than ever before.
- ukuina 3y ago
  Separating signal from noise is going to become much harder. Here's a spoiler-filled article from a major site (IGN) whose last paragraph (and likely more) has clearly been authored by ChatGPT in order to meet tight publishing deadlines and coincide with a movie's release: https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-part-2-post-credits-scene-ending-explained-sequel https://www.ign.com/articles/dune-part-2-post-credits-scene-... The indicators are all there: "In short, (vague sentence)... Is (hypothetical from article) or (other hypothetical from article)? Will (vacuous statement) or (inverse vacuous statement)? We'll have to wait for (eventuality) to find out." There is no attribution to AI for the generated content, though, and this lack of attribution is going to become the norm once LLMs become just another authoring tool like spell-check. Coupled with the race for clicks, the "excellent blog posts" are going to be drowned out.

oven9342 3y ago

Pre-2023 printed books will be the new incunabula classic books