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  • burningtyger@nrw.socialB burningtyger@nrw.social

    @cstross That image accompanying the toot looks very much AI authored to me

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    @burningTyger Yes: but if you click through, the original larger image looks a bit more plausible. Except it's greyed-out until the website fully goes live in a few hours. If it *is* AI generated, then the potential for blowback is enormous.

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    • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

      The Society of Authors (UK) is helping launch this: an identifier for human-authored (i.e. non-AI) books: https://humanauthored.co.uk/

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      @cstross

      we shouldn't have to pay some org to get a document to certify our humanity.

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      • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

        The Society of Authors (UK) is helping launch this: an identifier for human-authored (i.e. non-AI) books: https://humanauthored.co.uk/

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        @cstross

        Really looking forward to the AI bubble bursting.

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        The short-term pain is real, and we are not ready for it. The long-term picture, Stiglitz argues, is something else entirely.

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        The AI bubble will pop. It’s up to us to replace it responsibly | Mark Surman

        When bubbles burst, what comes next can be better, if we build it differently

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        Blinking New Warning Sign Appears for AI Industry

        Fears over an AI bubble continue to grow as analysts warn that companies are massively overinvesting, according to a new survey.

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        AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

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        • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

          @burningTyger Yes: but if you click through, the original larger image looks a bit more plausible. Except it's greyed-out until the website fully goes live in a few hours. If it *is* AI generated, then the potential for blowback is enormous.

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          @cstross What's all that supposed to be? Chairs winding through the room? Two tables floating into one, the girl reading stuff on the table in the front while hers is empty? A weird lokking box with a plant on it that grows into the table and a chair next to it? This is AI generated.

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          • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

            @burningTyger Yes: but if you click through, the original larger image looks a bit more plausible. Except it's greyed-out until the website fully goes live in a few hours. If it *is* AI generated, then the potential for blowback is enormous.

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            @cstross

            The original image is not marked as AI:

            https://www.freepik.com/premium-photo/smiling-woman-is-enjoying-herself-cozy-cafe-while-savoring-hot-beverage-aig58_260988593.htm

            But most of the images on that profile with that topic are:

             

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            • burningtyger@nrw.socialB burningtyger@nrw.social

              @cstross What's all that supposed to be? Chairs winding through the room? Two tables floating into one, the girl reading stuff on the table in the front while hers is empty? A weird lokking box with a plant on it that grows into the table and a chair next to it? This is AI generated.

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              @burningTyger My eyesight isn't good enough to examine images. (I'm awaiting cataract surgery in one eye and am half-blind in the other.)

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              • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                The Society of Authors (UK) is helping launch this: an identifier for human-authored (i.e. non-AI) books: https://humanauthored.co.uk/

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                #31

                @cstross

                What's this say about society?

                I thought "made with real cheese" or "no artificial flavors" was bad. Why we making fake cheese anyway... profits for stock investors...

                Always fighting against evil we are.

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                • npars01@mstdn.socialN npars01@mstdn.social

                  @cstross

                  Really looking forward to the AI bubble bursting.

                  Link Preview Image
                  AI will hurt the economy before it helps it. Here’s what comes after, according to Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz | Fortune

                  The short-term pain is real, and we are not ready for it. The long-term picture, Stiglitz argues, is something else entirely.

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                  Just a moment...

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                  (beth-kindig.medium.com)

                  Access Denied

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                  (www.cnbc.com)

                  forbes.com

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                  https://archive.is/t1Z5l
                  https://www.ft.com/content/a4c4dcf8-7a73-4912-9739-c94714985bfd

                  Link Preview Image
                  The AI bubble will pop. It’s up to us to replace it responsibly | Mark Surman

                  When bubbles burst, what comes next can be better, if we build it differently

                  favicon

                  the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

                  Link Preview Image
                  Blinking New Warning Sign Appears for AI Industry

                  Fears over an AI bubble continue to grow as analysts warn that companies are massively overinvesting, according to a new survey.

                  favicon

                  Futurism (futurism.com)

                  Link Preview Image
                  AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow

                  AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

                  favicon

                  the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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                  @Npars01 @cstross I'd say the current wave of AI investment is the greatest misallocation of resources in human history but I suspect we could legit Homer Simpson that one because I have faith in humanity that we can misallocate even *more* resources in the future somehow.

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                  • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                    The Society of Authors (UK) is helping launch this: an identifier for human-authored (i.e. non-AI) books: https://humanauthored.co.uk/

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                    @cstross "aaaaaand they used AI-generated artwork"

                    jfc, they had ONE job....

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                    • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                      The Society of Authors (UK) is helping launch this: an identifier for human-authored (i.e. non-AI) books: https://humanauthored.co.uk/

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                      @cstross This is how they get us.

                      Writers would never use AI-generated slop writing, but they'll happily use AI-generated slop imagery.
                      Artists would never use AI-generated slop imagery, but they'll happily display art to AI-generated slop music.
                      Musicians would never use AI-generated slop music, but they'll happily use AI-generated slop writing for lyrics.

                      (And nobody cares about AI-generated slop code.)

                      ainmosni@social.ainmosni.euA funhouseradio@mastodon.worldF bytex64@awesome.gardenB jedimb@mastodon.gamedev.placeJ njr@mathstodon.xyzN 6 Replies Last reply
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                      • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                        The Society of Authors (UK) is helping launch this: an identifier for human-authored (i.e. non-AI) books: https://humanauthored.co.uk/

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                        @cstross

                        > EDIT: aaaaaand they used AI-generated artwork 🤦🏻‍♂️

                        That AI illustration isn't visible on their website now, so I assume it was a mistake and they removed it when they noticed.

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                        • datarama@hachyderm.ioD datarama@hachyderm.io

                          @cstross This is how they get us.

                          Writers would never use AI-generated slop writing, but they'll happily use AI-generated slop imagery.
                          Artists would never use AI-generated slop imagery, but they'll happily display art to AI-generated slop music.
                          Musicians would never use AI-generated slop music, but they'll happily use AI-generated slop writing for lyrics.

                          (And nobody cares about AI-generated slop code.)

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                          @datarama @cstross I wish I could say that people cared about slop code, but too many devs are showing just how little they care about the quality of their work.

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                          • lazarou@mastodon.socialL lazarou@mastodon.social

                            @cstross "aaaaaand they used AI-generated artwork"

                            jfc, they had ONE job....

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                            @Lazarou @cstross the had ONE job and they decided to outsource it to slop machines 🤦‍♂️

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                            • ainmosni@social.ainmosni.euA ainmosni@social.ainmosni.eu

                              @datarama @cstross I wish I could say that people cared about slop code, but too many devs are showing just how little they care about the quality of their work.

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                              @ainmosni @cstross I mean, I do - but I know I'm very much swimming against the stream here, and also the stream is full of piranhas.

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                              • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                                The Society of Authors (UK) is helping launch this: an identifier for human-authored (i.e. non-AI) books: https://humanauthored.co.uk/

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                                @cstross Unfortunately I've seen this a lot - authors using AI artwork based on theft while decrying theft of their writing....

                                It's more of leopards eating faces, I guess...

                                #FuckAI

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                                • lazarou@mastodon.socialL lazarou@mastodon.social

                                  @cstross "aaaaaand they used AI-generated artwork"

                                  jfc, they had ONE job....

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                                  @Lazarou @cstross

                                  Ouch! The irony, it burns!

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                                  • datarama@hachyderm.ioD datarama@hachyderm.io

                                    @ainmosni @cstross I mean, I do - but I know I'm very much swimming against the stream here, and also the stream is full of piranhas.

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                                    @datarama @cstross I do as well, and everyone in my bubble does as well, but then again, I've also been picky about my bubble, and I'm assuming the worst from outside it.

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                                    • ainmosni@social.ainmosni.euA ainmosni@social.ainmosni.eu

                                      @datarama @cstross I do as well, and everyone in my bubble does as well, but then again, I've also been picky about my bubble, and I'm assuming the worst from outside it.

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                                      @ainmosni @datarama @cstross

                                      _My_ field requires human finesse and insight, but those other fields are perfectly well served with AI slop. Which makes it really fascinating how many developers willingly destroy their code bases with slop. (Some are forced to, but many enough do it eagerly and willingly...) (Yes, I'm a developer. Yes, I refuse to work with genAI.)

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                                      • lemmus@social.vivaldi.netL lemmus@social.vivaldi.net

                                        @ainmosni @datarama @cstross

                                        _My_ field requires human finesse and insight, but those other fields are perfectly well served with AI slop. Which makes it really fascinating how many developers willingly destroy their code bases with slop. (Some are forced to, but many enough do it eagerly and willingly...) (Yes, I'm a developer. Yes, I refuse to work with genAI.)

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                                        @Lemmus @ainmosni @cstross I'm in that boat too, but I think it's a matter of time before I'm pushed out of the industry (inasmuch as the industry survives at all).

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                                        • datarama@hachyderm.ioD datarama@hachyderm.io

                                          @Lemmus @ainmosni @cstross I'm in that boat too, but I think it's a matter of time before I'm pushed out of the industry (inasmuch as the industry survives at all).

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                                          @datarama

                                          Yeah, interesting times, indeed...

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