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Agree. Content was the OG slop. Buzzfeed with monkeys on typewriters. The problem is that dopamine addicts generate outsized engagement. I know a literal crack
by imabotbeep2937 2y ago
Agree. Content was the OG slop. Buzzfeed with monkeys on typewriters.
The problem is that dopamine addicts generate outsized engagement. I know a literal crack mom who spends a solid 90+ hours a week watching accident videos to keep her brain triggered. The algorithm caters to her. Send promotional emails daily or more, constant notifications, recommend the same few videos over and over. Gotta get in there before she clicks another car crash video.
IMHO: Marketing is a top societal evil right now. If the media machine wasn't so desperate for content, AI wouldn't be a fraction of the problem it is. But with everyone obsessing over the next piece of content, fake AI presentations are mandatory.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoHmm. An AI trained to maximize dopamine could be a very bad thing. (It won't be stated that way. It will be trained to "maximize engagement", but it amounts to the same thing.)
- noobermin 2y agoToo many people are worried about hallucinating AIs somehow taking over nukes instead of them juicing the dopamine machines
- Tao3300 2y ago> could be is
- islandert 2y agoTikTok?
- pmtcc 2y agoOur brains have been under attack for years. Zuckerberg, Dorsey, and company have already spent decades and billions doing just that. With capabilities already in the AI realm.
- pjc50 2y ago> An AI trained to maximize dopamine could be a very bad thing. Spelled "profitable". This is definitely something that's already happened/happening; see algorithmic timelines and the widespread sudden legalization and acceptance of gambling.
- mr_toad 2y agoYou don’t need AI for that, “old fashioned” ML has been doing it for a decade.
- brcmthrowaway 2y agoDude take me back to BuzzFeed listicles. Some millenials being cringe >> AI slop
- fennecbutt 2y agoBrainrot