How AI reduces the world to stereotypes

the worst of all possible worlds: generative AI manages to pollute the internet with cheap synthetic data, manages to make being a human artist / creator harder

The ultimate risk of AI

Key takeaways:

• In the future, searching on Google may be replaced by asking Google a question and receiving a direct answer.

• Language models regulated by a governing body could narrow down information and ideas to acceptable speech.

• Maintaining the reputation and trustworthiness of a source of information is important to p

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Where AI differs is its interaction with data and rights. Unlike coding assistants trained on open-source software, most commercial image generation tools are trained on copyrighted work. It’s a non-consensual, extractive practice in an already-precarious industry. It’s always hard to put the tech genie back in the box, but I think this is a case w... See more