Here's a thought experiment.

[the5thcolumnist@mstdn.ca]

@sjn

- AI Mark Signals DO NOT BUY

[cowboywho@libranigans.com]

@sjn There's this streaming service called Frndly that uses AI to generated the uncanniest of ads.

If you use AI for something that seems like it would be really simple to to do ... what else are you using AI for? And what other corners are you cutting?

[ve2uwy@mastodon.radio]

@sjn

I said lower but in reality it probably doesn't affect quality (yet) … but it does indicate that the vendor is confused about many things and that I don't need to give them money.

[synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.net]

@sjn lower quality. likely riddled with security/privacy flaws and the result of IP theft and a lazy careless person and massive data center waste and unneeded pollution. ie. not good

[tomgwozdz@oldbytes.space]

@sjn it’s a warning label

[terryhancock@realsocial.life]

@sjn

Actually, I don't think using AI inherently brings down quality.

But the fact that they thought AI would help to promote it suggests they could not think of a better reason.

Sort of like how I automatically distrust food and drink that is marketed for its health benefits -- they wouldn't feel they needed to say that if it tasted good, right..?

[tshirtman@mas.to]

@sjn i put "no difference", but i really want to say "it depends". In the general case i would say it's not really useful information, in many cases, ai will produce muqh better quality than a low skilled or low motivated human, in many cases it will produce the same quality than a decently competent human, in some cases it will do terrible mistakes that humans would very rarely do.

i think we'll see less and less of the latter.

[karen5lund@mastodon.social]

@sjn I voted "lower quality" but there does need to be some context. Some day in the future, if AI improves, products made with AI might be a good thing for utilitarian objects--small appliances, for example. But for creative works such as books, music and art I cannot imagine "Made with AI" ever being a positive thing. At best it might be a curiosity.

[meduz@m.nintendojo.fr]

@sjn [x] “Holy shit this dystopia is really kicking hard.”

[daniel@mstdn.degu.cl]

@sjn The question already says that both products are identical, so I assume they do not have a difference in quality. So, I should vote no difference. The differences can be the fairness of the process used to make the product and why I am interested in the product. If the product is a painting by a person, I would prefer one that tells me more about that person. If it is a map generated with an algorithm from the data, I would consider the social and environmental impact of making it.

[budududuroiu@hachyderm.io]

@sjn using AI or not isn't a marker of quality imo, but if you put "made with AI" on your product I'm gonna assume you're not smart enough to steer AI meaningfully

[enigma@norden.social]

@sjn As long as you won’t tell what kind of product it is and how AI is related all bets are off
This way your poll is a psychological pattern without any value

[km@mastodon.babb.no]

@sjn well, "it depends", doesn't it?

there's a difference between "made with ai" and "made by ai".

yet, i'd regard such a mark as a signal to stay off the object marked.