Oddbean

I think the bigger issue is the sheer volume. It will go from “targeted and controlled fake” to “explosive infinity fake everything.” I think within a year there will be more fake/Ai content on the internet than actual human generated content.

Not necessarily. I think Guy is being overly pessimistic on this. It's similar to the "AI is going to kill all humans" cowd talk, far too gloomy. Humans have a tendency to fear new/unfamiliar technologies & sometimes think the worst. I'd say governments with their goddamn censorship laws are more of a threat to the internet than anything else right now. P.S. I'm a big Guy Swann fan by the way! 👍

I’m not being pessimistic at all, lol. If it reads like that then it’s either just missing tone or is poorly worded. I literally am just curious on how people think we will adapt and what the new environment will look like. I for one love all the shit I can make with Ai, but it’s really fascinating to think what it could mean when generating basically anything has such an incredibly low barrier, that the idea of the open internet kinda doesn’t make sense anymore. I certainly don’t think Ai is going to kill us all or make good content disappear. To the contrary, this is revolutionary for great content and human flourishing. But that will definitely come with enormous change. My musings are about how that change will unfold. 😁

Thanks Guy, I must have misunderstood your post. I'm excited for AI & am on the side of the accelerationistst & envision a far better world in the future, we just have to battle the doomsayers (& politicians) in the meantime. 👍