It's likely that #ai generated content will litter the web and make search engines increasingly useless to navigate a sea of SEO-optimized garbage. In fact, it's already happening.

http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=76174

So what's the answer? There needs to be a revival of human-powered #curation (remember #socialbookmarking ?) where each of us hand-picks and shares valuable links, and each of us follows only those we trust to do the same.

#blogging #slowwebmovement #webrings #algorithmfail

Will AI turn the web into an information landfill site?

Commentary on Stephen's Web ~ Will AI turn the web into an information landfill site? by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more

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4) creating opportunities for breaks from the screen to consider ones physical environment, eg. while they wait a day for a HD film to be delivered they might partake in other activities and #hobbies,
5) helping people gain more #anonymity (if each stream is max 28kbps it becomes difficult for #networkAnaylsis to track packets), perfect for #I2P,
6) a #SlowWebMovement that is analogous to the #SlowFoodMovement.

#lowerConsumption #slowWeb #slowFood