AI generated content, which now includes incredibly convincing videos of people, will grow exponentially over the next weeks, months, and years.

At some point, the majority of the content you see will be fake, and any usefulness or connection to humans will be lost.

Even information that you might have previously been able to confirm from a trusted source can (and will) be manipulated in some way, making verification impossible.

This lack of verification, along with the speed at which fake content can now be generated, will make it impossible to defend against.

Even the world of art and communication has been tainted, serving no connection to real people through this digital hellscape.

To that end, when will the internet be so untrustworthy, “soulless”, and useless to you that it crosses the tipping point?

EDIT: Ok, holy fuck. There’s actually a term for what I’m describing: “The Dead Internet Theory”

  • cattywampas@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This planet has been a soulless hellscape longer than any of us have been alive

    This right here is an important realization. It’s how reading a lot of history and anthropology helps me feel better about the world and how we’re doing a lot better than the people who came before us.

    It pains us because we focus on and hope for what could be, but it’s important to also realize how things were for most of our existence.