[dalmo3]

Being the devil's advocate, it sounds like no one involved see any value in that exchange, therefore they don't care.

In that sense AI slop is a symptom, not a disease. But perhaps also a catalyst.

I really wonder if there is a sort of silver lining here, and in the long term low value activities will be filtered out of society. Though that borders on the AI maximalist view which I don't fully agree with.

Of course the glaring question is what value even is.

[FrustratedMonky]

"silver lining"

agree. if internet is so filled with slop. people will move away from it, start to read books, walk, hang out with each other again?

[WhrRTheBaboons]

not when all the world capital is pushed into that bubble while eventually eroding the freedom to do all these things

can't move away from internet when you can't earn money without it, and all the services require you to participate

can't read books if no one is going to be publishing those, after they get out-competed by cheap endless slop

no point in walking when cities are built for cars and businesses, and public spaces continue to dwindle and be defunded

can't hang out when you're too tired trying to survive

[pc86]

There are absolutely people "trying to survive" but nobody reading HN falls into that category.