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When it comes to images like those in the article, “Is this real?” is not really part of my reaction. Neither is “poor thing” or “wow that’s impressive” or what

by Nursie 2y ago

When it comes to images like those in the article, “Is this real?” is not really part of my reaction. Neither is “poor thing” or “wow that’s impressive” or whatever else. My reaction is “why is this useless shit being shoved in my face?”. I don’t care if it’s real, the only reason I visited the website is to check if the local market’s on this week, and maybe see if anyone I know has posted anything (increasingly unlikely). I think in the modern age it's healthy to have a much wider cynicism - what is this crap, I didn't ask for it, f### off. I don’t really get why Facebook tries so hard to get me to look at this rubbish. The more of this shit-shovelling there is, the less often I go and the fewer friend posts there are. It’s becoming a dead platform.

b3lvedere 2y ago
“why is this useless shit being shoved in my face?” Because you allow it to.
- Nursie 2y ago
  That's not really a useful answer. I'm looking for the motive, which (when it's something you're not directly looking for) is usually money. I fully understand that "stop using the service" is an option.
  - b3lvedere 2y ago
    Fair enough. Let me rephrase it: Because "they" don't care on what kind of method they can use to extracting money from everything that makes you you. The algorithms have a simple task: Try and shove as much possible methods in your systems to get you to spend money.
    - Nursie 2y ago
      Right, and given this is usually the answer to "why is this being shoved in my face", my initial point stands - it doesn't matter if it's AI slop or not. The article makes the point that a lot of people are easily fooled into interacting with fake AI stuff. My wider point is that regardless of how 'real' the images are, someone's trying to get you to look at bullshit for profit reasons, either the platform's or their own, therefore it's all best ignored.
      - b3lvedere 2y ago
        I completely agree with your wider point.

by Nursie 2y ago

b3lvedere 2y ago

“why is this useless shit being shoved in my face?” Because you allow it to.

Nursie 2y ago
That's not really a useful answer. I'm looking for the motive, which (when it's something you're not directly looking for) is usually money. I fully understand that "stop using the service" is an option.
- b3lvedere 2y ago
  Fair enough. Let me rephrase it: Because "they" don't care on what kind of method they can use to extracting money from everything that makes you you. The algorithms have a simple task: Try and shove as much possible methods in your systems to get you to spend money.
  - Nursie 2y ago
    Right, and given this is usually the answer to "why is this being shoved in my face", my initial point stands - it doesn't matter if it's AI slop or not. The article makes the point that a lot of people are easily fooled into interacting with fake AI stuff. My wider point is that regardless of how 'real' the images are, someone's trying to get you to look at bullshit for profit reasons, either the platform's or their own, therefore it's all best ignored.
    - b3lvedere 2y ago
      I completely agree with your wider point.