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Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

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Post by rwmj »

jonathanstrange wrote: post #63
kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #53

Almost all of the "product X vs Y" results are AI ramblings now. This growth of the dead Internet is making me want to sign up for Kagi. We're going to need a certification for human generated content at some point.

Searching with "Reddit" at the end of every query helps but I suppose it's only a matter of time when most content on Reddit is also AI-generated.

Reddit is already lost. I was talking to the mods in a large political subreddit and they said after Reddit started charging for API access, all the tools they used to keep on top of the trolls and bots stopped working, and the quality of the whole subreddit declined visibly and dramatically.

Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

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Post by throwway120385 »

Analemma_ wrote: post #100
kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #53

Almost all of the "product X vs Y" results are AI ramblings now. This growth of the dead Internet is making me want to sign up for Kagi. We're going to need a certification for human generated content at some point.

> We're going to need a certification for human generated content at some point. People keep saying this and I keep warning them to be careful what they wish for. The most likely outcome is that "certification of human generated content" arrives in the form of remote attestation where you can't get on the internet unless you're on a device with a cryptographically sealed boot chain that prevents any untrusted code fr…

Your unauthorized access has been reported to the Fair Use Bureau.

Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

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Post by nonrandomstring »

rootusrootus wrote: post #77
CSMastermind wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It really is a werid feeling remembering the internet of my youth and even my 20s and knowing that it will never exist again.

I'm a little sad for anyone who didn't get to experience the Internet of the twentieth century. It was a unique point in time. I'm ready to pay for a walled garden where the incentives are aligned towards me, instead of against me. I know that puts me in a minority, but I'm tired of the advertising 'net.

> where the incentives are aligned towards me, instead of against me.

It's great to read these words. People are starting to get it. The Internet is not for you, it's against you.

Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

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Post by elliotec »

throwgfgfd25 wrote: post #103

I wonder: do all the HNers who are excited about their GenAI product or wrapper or startup understand, at a fundamental level, that they are an intrinsic part of this deterioration? Or is this one of those fundamental attribution error things: - MY product is a powerful tool for creators who wish to save time - THEIR product is just a poorly-though-out slop generator Does it occur to people to instead be part of some…

They want money, they’re riding the hype wave, not advancing anything and I’m sure most or all know it.

Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

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Post by pndy »

waymon wrote: post #22
candiddevmike wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Internet equivalent of pre-war steel: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel

Wonder who will coin said term. Before AI. Pure clean internet 1991-2022

You sure about that "pure clean" part?

Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

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Post by mvdtnz »

mFixman wrote: post #67
kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #53

Almost all of the "product X vs Y" results are AI ramblings now. This growth of the dead Internet is making me want to sign up for Kagi. We're going to need a certification for human generated content at some point.

Ironically, ChatGPT and similar LLM chatbots are great for those kinds of searches.

You would have to be soft in the head to rely on any LLM for researching information on a medication you're actively taking.

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Post by doctorpangloss »

throwgfgfd25 wrote: post #103

I wonder: do all the HNers who are excited about their GenAI product or wrapper or startup understand, at a fundamental level, that they are an intrinsic part of this deterioration? Or is this one of those fundamental attribution error things: - MY product is a powerful tool for creators who wish to save time - THEIR product is just a poorly-though-out slop generator Does it occur to people to instead be part of some…

Sure but doesn't every technological development have these tradeoffs?

You could say what you say about anyone at any time. Where do you draw the line? I guarantee you'll be guilty of the exact same thing. I don't want to generalize, but IMO this sentiment of yours, I hear most loudly from software engineers far removed from ordinary non-technical end users: is making beautiful new LISPs and CNIs and Python package auditing tools the only valid work with seemingly no tradeoffs?

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Post by coldpie »

rootusrootus wrote: post #77
CSMastermind wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It really is a werid feeling remembering the internet of my youth and even my 20s and knowing that it will never exist again.

I'm a little sad for anyone who didn't get to experience the Internet of the twentieth century. It was a unique point in time. I'm ready to pay for a walled garden where the incentives are aligned towards me, instead of against me. I know that puts me in a minority, but I'm tired of the advertising 'net.

It still exists. Currently it looks like Patreons and their associated communities, long-running web forums, small chatrooms on platforms like Discord or Facebook or Instagram, and so on. Small communities, with relatively high barriers to entry.

Re: Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated

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Post by i80and »

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #53

Almost all of the "product X vs Y" results are AI ramblings now. This growth of the dead Internet is making me want to sign up for Kagi. We're going to need a certification for human generated content at some point.

Unfortunately, as much as I do like Kagi overall, it goes out of its way to inject AI slop into the results with its sketchy summarization feature
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