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by dingaling 1202 days ago
However, machine-generated media relies on the existence of human-generated media. It's always third-hand.

An AI can't sit in a dusty archive room and draw inferences from hand-written minutes. It can't interview the survivor of a tragedy or the winner of a trophy. AI software depends on sentient wetwear to generate the fundamental content.