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I managed to connect. I don't know how much I can copy, since it's quite a long thread, but here is the first message. > Something exceptionally grim is happe

by jbm 3y ago

I managed to connect. I don't know how much I can copy, since it's quite a long thread, but here is the first message. > Something exceptionally grim is happening on the Internet. > In the last few months, the constant flood of algorithmically generated junk content has kicked into an AI-powered overdrive, and it is cutting a swath of destruction as it overwhelms search engines, filters, and moderation systems > Call it Gresham's Law 2.0: bad content drives out good. > I'm starting this thread to document it, because there is a lot happening all at once. > #greshamslaw20

AlienRobot 3y ago
With everything in consideration, I think the real problem are incentives. When human-created content competes and loses against AI-generated spam, the system is ill-designed. This is the culmination of algorithms that have rewarded engagement over everything else. Creator platforms look at content made by experts that are high quality and take time to make and effort to consume, and judge it worse than trashy content full of controversial drama pushed every week without research or effort based on arbitrary metrics. Now we've reached the point where the creator is unnecessary and all that matters is engagement. Creator-less engagement will be the future of the web. A technology that triumphed by connecting people around the world will die connecting you with nobody but an AI that acts as wall and filter between you and the rest of the world.