What to Do About the Junkification of the Internet

What to Do About the Junkification of the Internet

What to Do About the Junkification of the Internet

Nathaniel Lubin theatlantic.com

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The rise of AI-generated content on social media platforms like Instagram has led to a decline in the quality of content and has caused frustration among human artists and users.

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Google is trying to kill the 10 blue links. Twitter is being abandoned to bots and blue ticks. There’s the junkification of Amazon and the enshittification of TikTok. Layoffs are gutting online media. A job posting looking for an “AI editor” expects “output of 200 to 250 articles per week.” ChatGPT is being used to generate whole spam sites. Etsy... See more

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People vs Algorithms

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