AI is the anti printing press. Done well, it removes the ability t read something written by someone far away, because it erodes any ability to trust that someo

AI is the anti printing press. Done well, it removes the ability t read something written by someone far away, because it erodes any ability to trust that someone exists, or to find that persons ideas amongst the remixed nonideas AI churns out. Advertising is similar, of course, and the only thing that has kept the internet working as a communications medium in spite of advertising is that it was generally labeled, constrained, enclosed, spam-filtered, etc. The AI of today is being applied to help advertising escape those shackles, and in doing so, harm the ability to communicate.