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> demonstrably very little difference at all between human and AI outputs Is there "demonstrably" a lot of difference between Shakespeare and an HN comment? T
by qsera 7mo ago
> demonstrably very little difference at all between human and AI outputs
Is there "demonstrably" a lot of difference between Shakespeare and an HN comment?
The point is exactly that there is no such difference. And that it enables slop to be sold as art. And that exactly is the danger. But another point is we had the even before LLMs. And LLMs just make it more explicit and makes it possible at scale.
- timschmidt 7mo agoConrad Gessner had the very same complaint in the 16th century, noting the overabundance of printed books, fretting about shoddy, trivial, or error-filled works ( https://www.jstor.org/stable/26560192 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26560192 )
- qsera 7mo agoSo....what is your point?
- timschmidt 7mo agoGenerations have grown and died in the time since your concern was first expressed. The world continues. Culture adapts.
- qsera 7mo agoDid I say it will be the end of the world?