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Oli G.'s avatar

Now we wait (few days?) for the next viral meme when it might become clear only days/weeks later it was AI generated. And then in few months we have first news that shapes real consequences (market share drop, or social troubles or else) that was in fact fake AI generated piece (you've seen the tv series "the undeclared war"?)

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Alberto Romero's avatar

I haven't seen that, but the title says it all. I hope you're mistaken but can see it happening...

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Wolfgang Knorr's avatar

Maybe the end result will be an internet 90% AI generated, and then we can finally switch it off!?

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Love's avatar

My aussie business partner says they get an emotional support koala!

I’m holding out for a kookaburra, personally. 🙃

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WhySteve Studio's avatar

If you can’t tell that’s AI, then you’re tripping

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Alberto Romero's avatar

Tell that to those people haha

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AI doom or what?'s avatar

One point I haven't heard mentioned: younger people have sharper senses. The older you get, the harder it is to discriminate these things. So, yes, it's partly gullibility/ignorance of what AI can do but it's also partly an "accessibility" issue, so to speak.

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Alberto Romero's avatar

Hmm I'd disagree with that. I think younger people, although naturally sharper, are much less savvy when it comes to technology and AI. They're quicker to jump into new trends but also less... wise.

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AI doom or what?'s avatar

That makes sense but I'd argue it's both. There's a sweet spot of wisdom, experience, and relative youth that gives a comparative advantage for spotting AI in the wild. I think both younger and older people are outside that range.

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Alberto Romero's avatar

Yeah, makes sense

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Shaeda Ramblings's avatar

Huh - younger are *much* *less* savvy with technology?

As in, toddler young? Or 18-25 young?

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Alberto Romero's avatar

The latter. Hands down

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Shaeda Ramblings's avatar

That's an...interesting (?) position. Have never heard someone suggest that a younger person is not only less adept at using technology but *much* less.

What's the context here that I'm missing? I.e., are you assuming that the 'older' person is a 35yo with a PhD versus a 16yo who's never had a phone?

Or are we taking the average 18-25yo versus the average 50yo?

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Alberto Romero's avatar

Average 18 yo vs average 35-40 yo (not 50). There was a very narrow window (~1990-2005) when you had to know plenty about computers/internet/programming to be online in any meaningful manner. Now everyone is (kids are born into it) but everything is so so abstracted (apps, social media, etc) that only a tiny minority ever go into the innards to see how it all works. The rest can just exist online without ever having to come into contact with all that (so they have not developed the skills/knowledge that was once mandatory)

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WhySteve Studio's avatar

Lol - pipe down people “that’s not a real world”

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Stefano's avatar

"From now on, you can only trust what you already know you can trust"

This milestone is really heavy.

The real issue going forward is not with entertainment (in the sense it's a given it'll change everything). I think we're all underestimating how AI will eventually be used to modify live recordings and potentially every previously existing recording. So unless we have a hardcopy from before yesterday, it's easy to see us getting to a point where nothing is reliable.

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Sugarpine Press's avatar

You need to know what's real.

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