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> Boomers and older folks are not culturally or mentally equipped to handle it I think a lot of younger people are also not mentally equipped to handle it. Out

> Boomers and older folks are not culturally or mentally equipped to handle it I think a lot of younger people are also not mentally equipped to handle it. Outside of the hackernews sphere of influence, people are really bad at spotting AI slop (and also really bad at caring about it)

tonyarkles 1y ago
Half tongue in cheek when I say this… that might be true, but what are the odds of them actually answering a phone call?
bsder 1y ago
> people are really bad at spotting AI slop Erm, guilty as charged? Although, I don't think you can blame people for that. There was a video recently comparing a bunch of "influencer girls" that had signs of "This is AI" and "This is Real". They could all have been AI or could all have been real. I have zero confidence that I could actually spot the difference. This is doubly true as an "Online Video Persona" has a bunch of idiosyncrasies that make them slightly ... off ... even if they're real (example: YouTube Thumbnail Face, face filters, etc.). AI is really good at twigging into those idiosyncrasies and it serves as nice camouflage for AI weirdness.
tatersolid 1y ago
This isn’t true in my experience. I’m a parent of three teens and they immediately exclaim “clanker” and hit skip when encountering any form of AI generated content on any platform. They recognize AI slop easily and definitely do care enough to avoid it. As do their friends. AI-generated content has near-zero commercial value long-term.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 1y ago
  I'm very skeptical about this zero commercial value claim. I don't think everyone skips past it, and even if they do, that's just the stuff they're detecting as AI. How much have they not identified? What about in a couple years? Heck, even humans subtly trying to sell something give off a vibe you can pick up quickly. But now and then they're entertaining or subliminal enough that they get through.

tonyarkles 1y ago

Half tongue in cheek when I say this… that might be true, but what are the odds of them actually answering a phone call?

bsder 1y ago

> people are really bad at spotting AI slop Erm, guilty as charged? Although, I don't think you can blame people for that. There was a video recently comparing a bunch of "influencer girls" that had signs of "This is AI" and "This is Real". They could all have been AI or could all have been real. I have zero confidence that I could actually spot the difference. This is doubly true as an "Online Video Persona" has a bunch of idiosyncrasies that make them slightly ... off ... even if they're real (example: YouTube Thumbnail Face, face filters, etc.). AI is really good at twigging into those idiosyncrasies and it serves as nice camouflage for AI weirdness.

tatersolid 1y ago

This isn’t true in my experience. I’m a parent of three teens and they immediately exclaim “clanker” and hit skip when encountering any form of AI generated content on any platform. They recognize AI slop easily and definitely do care enough to avoid it. As do their friends. AI-generated content has near-zero commercial value long-term.

8n4vidtmkvmk 1y ago
I'm very skeptical about this zero commercial value claim. I don't think everyone skips past it, and even if they do, that's just the stuff they're detecting as AI. How much have they not identified? What about in a couple years? Heck, even humans subtly trying to sell something give off a vibe you can pick up quickly. But now and then they're entertaining or subliminal enough that they get through.