[_9ptr]

One of the more salutary effects of AI will be the removal of bad journalism and bad science (bad in the sense of slop).

[contagiousflow]

Can I ask you why you think that will happen?

[_9ptr]

Because the job can be done by AI.

Yes, I was unprecise to the point of being wrong.

[contagiousflow]

Why wouldn't you assume that AI doing it would only increase the amount of bad journalism and bad science? If the cost of something goes down shouldn't the amount of it increase?

[thatguy0900]

People in power (including the people running these Ai companies) love bad journalism and bad science.

[nextworddev]

Wrong. The bad journalism just now uses AI.

[_9ptr]

You're right