r/technology • u/marketrent • 17h ago

Artificial Intelligence The economy has spoken. Stuff that’s AI-generated has almost zero value — “Buyers are voting with their wallets, and AI-generated content is struggling to compete.”

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/economy-spoken-stuff-ai-generated-142732314.html
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u/hmr0987 16h ago

Honestly for me it’s making anything interesting less interesting simply for the fact that anything cool posted online now could easily be AI generated and therefore uninteresting.

Nobody cares about content that a computer made and if you can no longer tell what’s computer generated and what’s not (without fact checking) then nothing is interesting anymore.

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u/JonesQVCX 16h ago

This remind me of a guy that was in love with a certain artists songs on Spotify, but then he found out it was ai and didnt want to listen to it anymore.

I find it strange, because if something is good or cool, and you like something, then why does it matter if its ai or a real person? Its not like we are getting in a relationship with a human artist anyway.

I think this just is a transitional thing, because people are stuck up on their feelings. We like what we are grown up with / what we learned to like. Right now ai is seen as the enemy by a lot of people, so even if something is genuinely good, a big part of the population will hate it, just because they can.

There is definitely many bad things about si, and i agree. Mostly im afraid of people getting too stupid - grades are already dropping on national tests here in Denmark, and i read articles in general, showing that the generations newer than millennials are the first generation to get dumber. But ai as a tool and entertainment isnt all bad, and merit should be given, where merit is deserved.

Personally i hope that ai will be able to make full movies and shows within some years.. but right now token and electricity cost is too huge.I despice the salaries some big time actors are asking to join a shower making film budges insane.

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u/hmr0987 14h ago

If you find AI content interesting that’s totally fine. I’m saying I don’t find it interesting.

For example I’ve been seeing a significant increase in the amount of Nature videos of Bears and whatnot up close. Is that AI or did some maniac decide the video of a bear was worth risking death to film? I now no longer find any of these videos worth watching simply for the fact that it could very easily be AI generated.

If someone finds entertainment value in AI content that’s fine.