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171 sats \ 5 replies \ @SimpleStacker 3 Dec \ on: Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era - The Local AI
It's gonna be really interesting to see where this all heads. If I had to guess, I'd say we're gonna bifurcate into two modes of information consumption: a high-touch mode where you have frequent direct engagement with the content creator, i.e. through comments sections, live streams, Q&As, etc, and a low-touch mode where you just have to accept the probability that you are consuming AI generated content.
What about the possibility of people just consuming much less information?
An era of rational ignorance
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Hmm... that wouldn't be my base case. Even with AI as bad as it is, I think overall, its presence has been a net benefit in terms of my ability to find and absorb new knowledge
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Are we talking about you or are we talking about the norm?
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High-touch vs low-touch is an interesting way to think about things.
I seem to remember predictions of something similar happening to retail back when Amazon was coming on to the scene: people predicted internet shopping would eat most of retail and brick and mortar retail would become much more experiential.
I wonder if this came to be? In my own life I do use online shopping for many things. But I don't really seek out experiential shopping in real life. Mostly my brick and mortar shopping is product specific. Or because I didn't plan ahead.
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I'm not entirely sure across the whole range of retail, but I know that it's true for hobby shops that sell board games and collectible card games. Now that everyone buys online, the hobby shops need to derive a lot more revenue from live events and promos than from simply moving product.
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