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Pablo Andreu's avatar

AI won't replace creativity any time soon, but I fear it'll supercharge content farms and further bury independent writing with oceans of perfectly SEO-optimized content.

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Chris Danilo's avatar

I think this is a really good point.

It would then seem that the only thing left for writers to hold onto would be actual relationships with readers.

What a world.

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Theory Gang's avatar

It's funny, I thought automation of personal transportation would be responsible for the first wave of UBI, but I wonder if I miscalculated.

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Theory Gang's avatar

For the vast majority, yep.

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Joe Gillespie's avatar

*sigh*

This is nuts.

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Theory Gang's avatar

I have to believe that it's not going to matter for creative endeavors. This just means art is more about the artist.

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Joel Neff's avatar

What bothers me more than this particular A.I.'s skill is that this is just the tip of the iceberg. And when I say tip, I mean "Trump, party of twenty" levels of exiguous residue, not the everything-but-the-balls tip of your high school boyfriend. In other words, this is going to get real weird, real fast.

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Theory Gang's avatar

This comment ... ☠️ written by Joel? 😭

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Joel Neff's avatar

Hell, no. I have a whole team of A.I.s that have been faking my personality for decades.

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Theory Gang's avatar

Add this to the bit repertoire.

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Joel Neff's avatar

I mean, yes, of course!

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