[adamhp]

I've been complaining about this with AI generated content in general as well, especially Twitter and blog posts. I worry that we're in a sort of downward spiral, creating a feedback loop of bad content. Eventually models will get trained on this badly generated content, and it will reduce the overall vocabulary of the Internet. Take this to the extreme, and we'll keep going until everything is just regurgitated nonsense. Essentially sucking the soul out of humanity (not that tweets and blog posts are high art or anything). I know that sounds a little drastic but I really think there's a lurking evil that we don't have our eye on here, in terms of humanity and AI. We've already seen glimpses of it even with basic ad targeting and various social media "algorithms".

[jeremyjh]

Considering the level of discourse in almost any Twitter thread on any popular topic, it’s hard to be sure it hasn’t already happened.

[CadmiumYellow]

I've been thinking the same thing. I wonder if this might give rise to some kind of analog renaissance as people get sick of all the digitally regurgitated garbage. There has to be a point of diminishing returns for this kind of content, right? Maybe there will be some kind of Made By Humans verification that will make certain content much more valuable again simply by differentiating it from all the AI-generated simulacra.

[adamhp]

This would be very cool. I think we're starting to see some hints of this. Maybe we'll see publishing houses and presses return to their former glory because they're the only ones not putting out AI generated recycled nonsense.

[carlmr]

>we'll keep going until everything is just regurgitated nonsense.

I feel like this about the mostly-human-created fashion. In my not so long lifetime I've seen everything from the 90s making a comeback. Ultimately I guess in terms of clothing that is practical with the materials that are available, we've already cycled through every style there is, such that the cycle time is now <30years.