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They say it's bad for society, but look at what they choose to consume.
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Appeal to hypocrisy is not a valid refutation.

Sure it is.

Alright then: most of criticism of the poll seems to written by charmless man children socialized by Minecraft mob farms. What they write only occurs in forums because they wouldn't say it to a person if they even can make eye contact, while what they complain about real people also talk about in real life with the real people who like and respect them, on top of saying it online.

Yes it is.

In what way?

Sounds like you are kind of telling on yourself because nobody I hang around with consumes AI content.

So no one you know uses TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram?

It is not contradictory at all. If your neighbor has a gun you probably buy a gun too in fact probably a bigger one.

This is a tool for creation. So if it's giving one party a competitive advantage over another, that suggests it gives people creative powers. This is very much unlike a weapon where another party having a more effective weapon imposes only negative costs on you. Another party having more creative powers has significant positive externalities that benefit you.

I don't think you understand the value that people actually look for in creative media.

First, people seek authenticity. In written content, people want to know there is a real human author thinking about every word, and in photos, people do not want to be deceived by deepfakes. It's much harder to tell in a world of AI slop, hence the rise of apps like Pangram. This is a significant negative externality.

Second, people who invest their time learning creative fields seek recognition for all the hard work they have put in. Now their skills are devalued, again because of slop. This is another negative externality.

Having more pictures and videos is nice in some ways but your head is in the sand if you think it's all roses.


When the only choices you can afford are _hot garbage_, it starts to seem like the game is rigged against you.



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