strypey, 4 months ago

#CaseyNewton also has some valid criticisms of the generative #AI trend;

"... its rise has led to a flood of AI-generated spam that researchers say now outperforms human-written stories in Google search results. The resulting decline in advertising revenue is a key reason that the journalism industry has been devastated by layoffs over the past year."

https://www.platformer.news/taylor-swift-deepfake-nudes-x/

Of course this is just finishing off a dying ad-funded journalism model decimated by recommendation media #DataFarms.