The AI dooooooom thread

[Jacob]

That's pretty interesting.

So FB's line is "as long as the AI images are being seen and liked by real people it's working as intended."

That's a non-trivial IF.

Certainly, it would seem there are some pretty strong incentives for generators of content to also develop LIKE and engagement accounts as they directly impact revenue.

[Razgovory]

So I posted before about Facebook as the zombie internet - and they kept digging into the weird AI stuff on Facebook. This makes perfect sense and is kind of fascinating:
https://www.404media.co/where-facebooks-ai-slop-comes-from/

This explains so much.

[Sheilbh]

Yeah - and in fairness it could well be that they are being seen and liked by real people. Lots of the AI pages spend lots of time liking each other. But it may well be people trying to earn money online in the developing world (but, from what I understand) interactions from accounts with European or North American IP addresses are more valuable. (Edit: This is, just as an aside, fucked up.)

But also what you say is true and it's true of the entire internet these platforms have built. The way they make money is online advertising and at every single level it is riddled with fraud. There is zero trust - and at least in the UK the brand safety and anti-fraud providers have even been sued themselves for not just doing what they claim but also misusing their access to sites to build their own audiences.

Generally for the last twenty years - the most valuable companies in the world, who built our world and are now building the next stage...