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They probably looking at their metrics and finding their primary user base loves AI content. https://www.buzzfeed.com/sienaegiljum/ai-images-facebook-boomers h

They probably looking at their metrics and finding their primary user base loves AI content. https://www.buzzfeed.com/sienaegiljum/ai-images-facebook-boomers https://www.buzzfeed.com/sienaegiljum/ai-images-facebook-boo...

coffeebeqn 2y ago
I’m pretty sure everyone involved is a bot. The con is pulled on the ad buyers
- dartos 2y ago
  No, there are people on Facebook really do like AI slop. My Nonna unironically loves the AI Jesus gifs and AI gifs of dogs washing babies. Many elderly people, I think, don’t know or care if an image is AI generated.
  - jocaal 2y ago
    Yeah, when I listen to the videos my mother is watching on Facebook, 90% of the content is narrated by a bot. I'd imagine AI content is also super popular on TikTok. Folks on HN should keep in mind they are not representative of the average person when it comes to tech.
  - kingkongjaffa 2y ago
    This really made me think that the distinction is not age, but rather the people who have ever used computers to create things, and those who use smart phones as a source of entertainment only. People who create things, have a sense of the time and effort that goes into making something meaningful. So most of the 'hackers and makers' on HN fit into that and show a disdain for GenAI generated content. We've even coined the term AI slop for it. OTOH if you don't create things, or at least don't create digital things (writing, code, whatever), then you probably don't care if something is AI or not. From the typical HN POV the rise of LLMs and GenAI has been a seismic shift and there's been debate ad nauseum about the ethics, safety, and capabilities of these tools. Grandma has done none of that reading, writing or thinking about this technology. To grandma it's basically an extension of gifs and emojis and memes, silly little novelty distractions.
    - dartos 2y ago
      I think you’re putting people who make art on a pedestal. Remember there was an AI image that won an art contest. > To grandma it's basically an extension of gifs and emojis and memes, silly little novelty distractions Yeah of course, but that doesn’t change what I was saying.
  - Loughla 2y ago
    That makes me really sad for some reason. AI content is replacing something for the elderly. Is that good or bad? I don't know but it feels sad.
    - coffeebeqn 2y ago
      Feels Black Mirror
- Cheer2171 2y ago
  Nope, my mother sends these to me all the time and even said that Facebook was getting more interesting every day. She's completely addicted to her phone that at Christmas this year, I felt like I was the parent. She couldn't stop scrolling through her phone while her grandkids were opening presents. I thought she was recording video, but no. A perfect user in Zuck's eyes.
  - StefanBatory 2y ago
    My mom is also like that :(
    - ryandrake 2y ago
      Half my friends and family are like that, too. Put a movie on the home theater, and just 5 minutes into it, everyone's tuned out and scrolling their phones. Addiction is rough.
add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
Buzzfeed also went in the direction of churning out slop, if I remember correctly. They were more respectable when they were about their dumb quizzes.
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coffeebeqn 2y ago

I’m pretty sure everyone involved is a bot. The con is pulled on the ad buyers

dartos 2y ago
No, there are people on Facebook really do like AI slop. My Nonna unironically loves the AI Jesus gifs and AI gifs of dogs washing babies. Many elderly people, I think, don’t know or care if an image is AI generated.
- jocaal 2y ago
  Yeah, when I listen to the videos my mother is watching on Facebook, 90% of the content is narrated by a bot. I'd imagine AI content is also super popular on TikTok. Folks on HN should keep in mind they are not representative of the average person when it comes to tech.
- kingkongjaffa 2y ago
  This really made me think that the distinction is not age, but rather the people who have ever used computers to create things, and those who use smart phones as a source of entertainment only. People who create things, have a sense of the time and effort that goes into making something meaningful. So most of the 'hackers and makers' on HN fit into that and show a disdain for GenAI generated content. We've even coined the term AI slop for it. OTOH if you don't create things, or at least don't create digital things (writing, code, whatever), then you probably don't care if something is AI or not. From the typical HN POV the rise of LLMs and GenAI has been a seismic shift and there's been debate ad nauseum about the ethics, safety, and capabilities of these tools. Grandma has done none of that reading, writing or thinking about this technology. To grandma it's basically an extension of gifs and emojis and memes, silly little novelty distractions.
  - dartos 2y ago
    I think you’re putting people who make art on a pedestal. Remember there was an AI image that won an art contest. > To grandma it's basically an extension of gifs and emojis and memes, silly little novelty distractions Yeah of course, but that doesn’t change what I was saying.
- Loughla 2y ago
  That makes me really sad for some reason. AI content is replacing something for the elderly. Is that good or bad? I don't know but it feels sad.
  - coffeebeqn 2y ago
    Feels Black Mirror
Cheer2171 2y ago
Nope, my mother sends these to me all the time and even said that Facebook was getting more interesting every day. She's completely addicted to her phone that at Christmas this year, I felt like I was the parent. She couldn't stop scrolling through her phone while her grandkids were opening presents. I thought she was recording video, but no. A perfect user in Zuck's eyes.
- StefanBatory 2y ago
  My mom is also like that :(
  - ryandrake 2y ago
    Half my friends and family are like that, too. Put a movie on the home theater, and just 5 minutes into it, everyone's tuned out and scrolling their phones. Addiction is rough.

add-sub-mul-div 2y ago

Buzzfeed also went in the direction of churning out slop, if I remember correctly. They were more respectable when they were about their dumb quizzes.

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