[wpietri]

Yeah, my big concern about LLMs is not Skynet or a zillion people out of work. It's that the spammers and their ilk are now vastly more capable. The fact that generative LLMs are glib bullshit machines is a problem for most sane uses, but a plus for people who don't give two shits about the truth as long as they've got a chance of making some money.

[akira2501]

It reminds me of payola.

Radio stations would get paid to make songs that weren't popular seem more popular than they were so people would blindly buy them. It's the same old snake oil just taken to mass media.

Since both behaviors revolve around profit, you can apply the same means to mediate them. Further, the open plan "user generated content" model has been dying for a while now, the wills of some well moneyed monopolies keep it alive. We will iterate to something much better anyways. Perhaps this is just a force that drives it.

[hsbauauvhabzb]

This, but also in the professional space. My coworkers much be 200% faster now, but I’m going to spend 80% of my time unfucking their work.

[hsbauauvhabzb]

But also good luck next time you google health symptoms - sure it’s bad, but everybody does it, and we’re going to move further and further away from accurate.

[mrweasel]

You can rely on the internet to provide even remotely correct health information anymore. It was always a little questionable, due to all the variables, but you could get some indication on how quickly you should get yourself to the doctor.

Same with weight-loss or exercise programs, that's basically impossible to search for due to the amount of spam and garbage content.

[throwaway2037]

Regarding health, stick to Mayo Clinic, US Centers for Disease Control, or other very reputable websites. That one seems easier than buying stuff online. The slow descent is hard to navigate for many people.

[wpietri]

I think health care might be one of the areas where I'm least worried. This will drive people back to expertise, though. I might google symptoms to start, but I'm not going to take anything seriously unless it's from a reputable health-care organization like the Mayo Clinic.

[JohnFen]

Not everyone does it. I don't, because doing that is not only pretty worthless, but can be hazardous.

[wpietri]

Yup. And this has always been a problem in software. Too many people treat a team sport as a bunch of individuals running around on the field doing their own thing. But I think it's going to get worse because of the way LLMs differentially amplify the least competent.

[tiborsaas]

There's already a WordPress plugin to auto-generate articles on schedule. Probable there are dozens already.

Authenticity will be a valuable currency in the future.