A powerful punch to start my day at 5.04am in the UK. Time for a cup of tea and to read more human, sentient, sharp writing like this. Keep writing - there must be a way for originality and beauty of human creativity to survive all this. We will find it together!
A funny outcome of this would be the return of print and physical media. I run two niche gaming news sites, and we've been struggling with monetization the last couple of years, and now we're considering launching magazines, which would have been an insane idea 5 or 10 years ago.
Yes! My masters thesis (illustration) was partly about reclaiming autonomy and the return to analogue in the digital age.. I do believe we will see a comeback to traditional media and more tactile forms of entertainment as a counter reaction to digital and ai overload..
I’m not looking forward to it, but it will be interesting to see the degradation set in and AI companies scramble with the fallout. When Twitter, now X, and Facebook turn out to consist of majority AI generated slop next year, I predict an exodus will follow.
Good article. The outlook presented is pessimistic and bleak, but it is well justified considering the current content being published. As a traditional artist, I initially felt unnerved by AI-generated images. However, this has diminished over time because it’s increasingly clear that AI-generated "sludge" is becoming the norm. This has led many who value traditional art forms to become actively antagonistic towards it. The divide is stark: on one side, AI creators and their fervent followers, and on the other, those who recognise it for what it is—trash.
This realisation provides me with some equanimity amidst the deluge of AI sludge. People are becoming more aware of its ubiquity and are appreciating human creativity more than ever. To draw an analogy: when counterfeit money floods an economy, genuine currency becomes even more valuable.
Sludge is a good word for it. Oily, slimy, revolting sludge. All. Of. It. I’m willing to discuss with most anyone from any background and persuasion, but if you’re an Ai fanatic you’re literally screaming so loud at the world that you’re lost, so I have to cover my ears and walk away. This too shall pass … or shall it.
It's only a matter of time for the models to collapse; bc they will inevitably poison each others' datasets, bc the people who run them compete that way by nature.
Capitalism->Enshittification->Dystopia
We’re almost at the end game
…maybe we should make an a.i. free internet alternative?…
Far too late
...never too late...enough people don't want the one thing there is always room for another thing...
A powerful punch to start my day at 5.04am in the UK. Time for a cup of tea and to read more human, sentient, sharp writing like this. Keep writing - there must be a way for originality and beauty of human creativity to survive all this. We will find it together!
A funny outcome of this would be the return of print and physical media. I run two niche gaming news sites, and we've been struggling with monetization the last couple of years, and now we're considering launching magazines, which would have been an insane idea 5 or 10 years ago.
Yes! My masters thesis (illustration) was partly about reclaiming autonomy and the return to analogue in the digital age.. I do believe we will see a comeback to traditional media and more tactile forms of entertainment as a counter reaction to digital and ai overload..
Summer Sausage would have been a great word of the year. It's fun to say. And like you said, it's delicious.
We can have our own sausage summer next year. Take that how you will....
A guy can dream.
I’m not looking forward to it, but it will be interesting to see the degradation set in and AI companies scramble with the fallout. When Twitter, now X, and Facebook turn out to consist of majority AI generated slop next year, I predict an exodus will follow.
Good article. The outlook presented is pessimistic and bleak, but it is well justified considering the current content being published. As a traditional artist, I initially felt unnerved by AI-generated images. However, this has diminished over time because it’s increasingly clear that AI-generated "sludge" is becoming the norm. This has led many who value traditional art forms to become actively antagonistic towards it. The divide is stark: on one side, AI creators and their fervent followers, and on the other, those who recognise it for what it is—trash.
This realisation provides me with some equanimity amidst the deluge of AI sludge. People are becoming more aware of its ubiquity and are appreciating human creativity more than ever. To draw an analogy: when counterfeit money floods an economy, genuine currency becomes even more valuable.
Sludge is a good word for it. Oily, slimy, revolting sludge. All. Of. It. I’m willing to discuss with most anyone from any background and persuasion, but if you’re an Ai fanatic you’re literally screaming so loud at the world that you’re lost, so I have to cover my ears and walk away. This too shall pass … or shall it.
BTW, I like your animated opens as much as your cutting curmudgeonly critiques.
BTW, I like your animated opens as much as your cutting curmudgeonly critiques.
Google told me last week to clean a PS5 by submerging in a bath of warm water for 5 minutes... Yay for AI
This is funny and tragic at the same time!
It's only a matter of time for the models to collapse; bc they will inevitably poison each others' datasets, bc the people who run them compete that way by nature.