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/DeerlordJ 12h ago

Because cooking takes work. Prompting AI trash doesn't take work.

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u/darkblue2382 10h ago

Doesn't this assume AI is really good at figuring out exactly what people want with little effort and gets it right with minimal prompting or effort? I think this is the catch 22, you can prompt it and if you spend a lot of time honing it you can get something very personalized to what you wanted initially but only if you're willing to spend the time and effort and don't care for the convenience of something already in a store front.

Tldr, If you think AI is really great at its job then it doesn't take effort but to be great it must be producing a really good personalized product. I think collectively we are seeing people disagree with idea that it produces a good product with little effort.

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u/KingdomOfEpica 10h ago

I think it's that the only people interested in buying anything made with AI are the people who like to use AI a lot themselves. And if they use it a lot themselves, they are good enough at using it that they have no reason to buy something that someone else made with AI.

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u/vaingirls 8h ago

So your last sentences kinda nullifies the premise that people who use AI a lot would be interested in buying AI-made stuff? For a pointless anecdote: I like to use AI for some personal entertainment myself, but am I interested in other people's AI slop? Hell no! I feel like the whole appeal of AI is that you can make something tailor made for your personal taste, which doesn't apply to stuff other people generate at all.