Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI | Corruption everywhere, even in YouTube’s kids content::Corruption everywhere, even in YouTube’s kids content
tbf, kids content on youtube has been a shitshow for awhile. Here’s a short Folding Ideas piece on it, that’s equal parts surreal, sad and scary:
I’m always surprised when this seems to be news to people. Was the whole “elsagate” mess really that long ago?
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What do people mean when they say “the internet” in this context? The social internet of the 2000s?
I say this it feels unimaginative to me to say that the internet is dead. Social media? For the major platforms, sure. But the Fediverse feels alive and novel, and the Internet itself is certainly not going anywhere - could you imagine if email went away?
I don’t know, I am in large agreement that the internet has gotten worse, with that accelerating with generative AI. But I also feel like being driven away from Big Tech platforms has led me to learn more about how the Internet actually works and to discover topics and communities that I hadn’t before. Maybe the internet isn’t wholesale dead, just changing
Corporate greed and clout chasing ruined the internet long before AI.
The AI panic is truly making idiots out of otherwise competent people and it’s so sad to see. Everyone acts like there wasn’t malicious spam, bots, and constant garbage being funneled onto the internet before. The demonizing of new technology is getting really fucking old.
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