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There are probably more than 10^17 AI model executions occurring per day. I know in ye olde HN there are many Purists that are Too Good For AI, but the majority

There are probably more than 10^17 AI model executions occurring per day. I know in ye olde HN there are many Purists that are Too Good For AI, but the majority of the human race is consuming AI at a blinding rate, and if they really didn't like it, they would stop.

girvo 7mo ago
> and if they really didn't like it, they would stop. I can’t really articulate why, but this doesn’t feel true to me. There are plenty of things humans do especially at scale that we don’t like, or we do that we don’t like others doing, and don’t stop
- pixl97 7mo ago
  >The "Moloch problem" or "Moloch trap" refers to a scenario where individual, rational self-interest leads to a collective outcome that is disastrous for everyone. It describes competitive, zero-sum dynamics—often called a "race to the bottom"—where participants sacrifice long-term sustainability for short-term gains, resulting in a loss for all involved. Hence why we have to keep feeding the orphan crushing machine.
  - pseudalopex 7mo ago
    Who wrote what you quoted?
    - pixl97 7mo ago
      Instead of getting judgy about Google responses, read the original story. https://www.slatestarcodexabridged.com/Meditations-On-Moloch https://www.slatestarcodexabridged.com/Meditations-On-Moloch
      - pseudalopex 7mo ago
        I read the story before. Don't post generated comments or AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans.[1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
        pixl97 7mo ago
        Ya, that dang be danged, religious adherence to that rule is quite stupid, especially when you're talking to someone that has been here years
        pseudalopex 7mo ago
        You disagreed with a guideline did not make it religious. And account age was not relevant.
AngryData 7mo ago
And how much of that consumption is voluntary or willful? I don't want to get AI slop in my search results or in my forum discussions, it muddys the water with shallow at best information, often in excessively verbose ways that helps hide its more subtle falsehoods that it picked up.
lII1lIlI11ll 7mo ago
There are probably as many spam emails per day. You think "majority of the human race" likes them?

girvo 7mo ago

> and if they really didn't like it, they would stop. I can’t really articulate why, but this doesn’t feel true to me. There are plenty of things humans do especially at scale that we don’t like, or we do that we don’t like others doing, and don’t stop

pixl97 7mo ago
>The "Moloch problem" or "Moloch trap" refers to a scenario where individual, rational self-interest leads to a collective outcome that is disastrous for everyone. It describes competitive, zero-sum dynamics—often called a "race to the bottom"—where participants sacrifice long-term sustainability for short-term gains, resulting in a loss for all involved. Hence why we have to keep feeding the orphan crushing machine.
- pseudalopex 7mo ago
  Who wrote what you quoted?
  - pixl97 7mo ago
    Instead of getting judgy about Google responses, read the original story. https://www.slatestarcodexabridged.com/Meditations-On-Moloch https://www.slatestarcodexabridged.com/Meditations-On-Moloch
    - pseudalopex 7mo ago
      I read the story before. Don't post generated comments or AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans.[1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
      - pixl97 7mo ago
        Ya, that dang be danged, religious adherence to that rule is quite stupid, especially when you're talking to someone that has been here years
        pseudalopex 7mo ago
        You disagreed with a guideline did not make it religious. And account age was not relevant.

AngryData 7mo ago

And how much of that consumption is voluntary or willful? I don't want to get AI slop in my search results or in my forum discussions, it muddys the water with shallow at best information, often in excessively verbose ways that helps hide its more subtle falsehoods that it picked up.

lII1lIlI11ll 7mo ago

There are probably as many spam emails per day. You think "majority of the human race" likes them?