[plufz]

I personally am more afraid of not the exact opposite, but more that AI will cause us to have too little content more than we will have too much. I just notice with myself how much less I’m using Wikipedia or forums, and get my answers from OpenAI or Antrophic. From what I remember it’s a over 20% drop in Wikipedia traffic from monthly 2022 vs 2025.

[8organicbits]

Primary sources will always exist as the content needs to come from somewhere. Personally, I shy away from ChatGPT answers for the same reason I avoid Wikipedia: you've got to find authoritative information to get reliable answers. I wonder if people who use LLMs don't care about accuracy, or don't know about sourcing?

[mh-]

I don't think that's fully attributable to LLMs.

Attention spans for long-form content at are at all-time lows, judging by the metrics I've seen from various platforms across different media types.