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> "She'd be like, 'Wouldn't this be so cool for your daughter?'" McVay said. "And I'm like, 'That's not real, though.'" Other than not being able to buy an AI
by karaterobot 2y ago
> "She'd be like, 'Wouldn't this be so cool for your daughter?'" McVay said. "And I'm like, 'That's not real, though.'"
Other than not being able to buy an AI generated item, what's the functional difference between a clickbait image generated by AI, and one generated by a human? My assumption is that people endlessly scrolling for dopamine hits are not overly concerned with the epistemology of it all. In these circumstances, something is true or real if it is amusing or distracting, because it's all just content, and that is what content is for. AI is so good at generating content that this is probably exactly the right use for it.
- pjc50 2y ago> In these circumstances, something is true or real if it is amusing or distracting, because it's all just content "Ten Hours of Jingling Keys" Perhaps, but ultimately replacing meaning with meaningless isn't going to go well? These people still have votes.
- karaterobot 2y agoFair enough but: how's it going giving people regular clickbait? How's it going trying to get people to stop caring about clickbait? My point is that I can't really see the difference between what we already have and what we're going to have with AI, other than that AI will do it better. The idea that meaning matters in social networks does not pass the smell test for me; I haven't been able to confirm it.
- llamaimperative 2y agoIt's probably a good idea in general to have clear-ish boundaries between real and not real unless someone is knowingly opting into an experience that is designed to blur those boundaries.