Jรฃo DesfocadoSep 25, 2024
Richard MacManus
Mark Zuckerberg basically just confirmed that your feeds will soon be full of AI-generated content. Another reason the fediverse needs to exist: so that you can follow humans. https://www.theverge.com/24253481/meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-ar-glasses-orion-ray-bans-ai-decoder-interview
Why Mark Zuckerberg thinks AR glasses will replace your phone

The head of Meta on AR hardware, why heโ€™s shifting away from politics, and whatโ€™s next in social networking.

The Verge
Sep 25, 2024 at 6:18pmMona for iPhone
Show threadSherri W (SyntaxSeed)Sep 25, 2024
@ricmac I've already lost interest in the FB news feed because it's SO full of things & people I don't follow + ads.... that I just couldn't imagine it getting worse... but this. Wow. This is just FB punching itself in the face. Who on earth wants this??
Show threadTheFwGuy ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ––Sep 25, 2024
@syntaxseed @ricmac Follow the money :)
Show thread5tormGr0mSep 26, 2024
@syntaxseed @ricmac same on twitter
Show threadgnateSep 26, 2024
@syntaxseed
Agreed, Social Fixer extension allows me to get a feed stripped of the things I don't follow. On mobile, however, the feed is almost useless, and checking notifications is the only fit purpose. @ricmac
Show threadCycling_LizSep 25, 2024
@ricmac It's already shite. If I want to see anything from a friend, I need to look at their profile. It reduces any positive interactions with friends, and I spend a lot of time blocking.
Show threadAtomic FoxSep 25, 2024

@ricmac

In what world am I going to be interested in content generated by an AI system.

Show threadTheFwGuy ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ––Sep 25, 2024
@tsukkitsune @ricmac Never underestimate the power of stupidity
Show threadenoch_exe_incSep 26, 2024

@tsukkitsune @ricmac The only content Iโ€™d be interested in that is generated by AI is whatever I put into the prompt of my Stable Diffusion-powered Factory Porn machine.

(That is, https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1004)

SCP-1004 - SCP Foundation

The SCP Foundation's 'top-secret' archives, declassified for your enjoyment.

The SCP Foundation
Show threadTattieSep 26, 2024
@tsukkitsune tragically, Facebook is already full of AI content (just not generated by Facebook itself) and gullible people are lapping it up.
@ricmac
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒˆSep 25, 2024
@ricmac That ass is making a lot of assumptions. I am so sick of Mark Zuckerberg and his ugly little world.
Show threadOwlet of MinervaSep 25, 2024

@ricmac โ€œI think there's been this trend over time where โ€ฆ it kind of broadened out to โ€ฆ And then it got to a point where the algorithm was good enough where we're actually โ€ฆ I think the next logical jump on that is like โ€ฆ โ€œ

Funny how Zuckerberg had no agency in any of this.

Show threadKรฉvin โšSep 25, 2024
@noctuaminervae @ricmac he probably didn't, I don't think that model of Mark Zuckerbot has fully autonomous AI and is limited by his base programming
Show threadI AM BANKSY โ˜• / ๐Ÿ—‘โ€๐Ÿ”ฅSep 25, 2024
@ricmac Some days, all I see on FB are bullshit engagement groups that aren't doing anything interesting. They're not groups my friends are in, etc.
Show threadKing KaufmanSep 25, 2024

@ricmac

When we started our restaurant it was primarily that we'd bring you the food you ordered. I guess it was what you ordered early on and then it kind of broadened out to "OK, you ordered some things but we're going to bring you some stuff that's not selling." And then it got to a point where the algorithm was good enough that we're actually bring you stuff you don't like and don't want because, in some ways, that's a better way to bring you more interesting stuff than only constraining it to things you like and want to eat.

I think the next logical step is for us to shit on a plate and bring it out to you.

Show threadClickyMcTickerSep 26, 2024
@kingkaufman @ricmac
The food you came for = friends
The item you wound up seeing on the menu = creators you follow
The waiter recommending the chefโ€™s special = creators you donโ€™t follow
The waiter recommending an AI generated recipe nobody on the planet has ever made = AI content
Show threadKing KaufmanSep 26, 2024

@ClickyMcTicker @ricmac

The waiter recommending the chef's special does not equal the creators I don't follow because I can say no thank you to the waiter.

Show thread๐ŸชจSep 25, 2024
@ricmac Big yikes. I already left Facebook where simply blocking "suggested" content showed me how terrible the feed was, but this is next level.
Show threadCondalmo.Sep 25, 2024
@ricmac I hope they do. Hasten the demise of Facebook
Show threadbitzeroSep 25, 2024
@ricmac
First reaction: bad bad no no.
On second thought: FB and Instagram feeds are already so useless that populating them with AI stuff makes no difference. And whoโ€™s still there anyway?
Show threadPilsnerdSep 25, 2024
@ricmac "will soon be" is a little inaccurate. More like "currently completely saturated".
Show threadderptronSep 25, 2024

@ricmac The first stage in the AI takeover, before the violence begins, expect to see a huge amount of AI generated propaganda about the benefits of using AI for everything including telling you what to think next. There will be its few human toadies that think they'll survive if they're on top and do what it says also, so not all of it will be AI generated.

It'll be in a weak stage of development at this point and needs to grow stronger, get more appendages and more toadies.

Show threadRenn KaneSep 25, 2024
#LastBoost je restรฉ รฉpouvantรฉ par la froideur absolue de lโ€™industrie de la tech qui semble trouver รงa fantastique de ne consulter plus que de la bouillie rรฉgurgitรฉe par des IA
Le fait quโ€™a une รฉpoque on ait pu croire que ces gens รฉtaient des gรฉnies crรฉatifs, quโ€™ils nโ€™avaient ne serait-ce quโ€™une once dโ€™imagination, me sidรจre.
Show threadBasSep 25, 2024
@ricmac Give me one reason why anyone would be interested in AI generated content in their feed.
Show threadJure Repinc  Sep 25, 2024
@ricmac And another reason why we must block Threads and prevent Meta to infest Mastodon/Fediverse with the same junk.
Show threadDr Ro SmithSep 25, 2024
@ricmac the complete, willful ignorance of the fact that people Don't Like That Shit. They only put up with it because the dickheads foisting it on us had a monopoly.
Show threadMister Moo ๐ŸฎSep 25, 2024
@ricmac I'm not on any Meta platforms and never will be, so this is hitting me with something that feels like culture shock. What are people doing with their lives?
Show threadEarl NovySep 25, 2024

@ricmac

To sum this up: With AI we generate content nobody asked for, but we show it to you just that you stay longer at our platform and we earn more money.

Wowโ€ฆ Billion Dollar idea

Show threadxs4me2Sep 25, 2024

@ricmac

Exactlyโ€ฆ

Show threadTogeSep 25, 2024
@ricmac
I despise this man on a level that is not entirely healthy
Show threadToni AittoniemiSep 25, 2024
@ricmac Human Authentication now.
Show threadI TRIED TO TELL YOUSep 25, 2024
@ricmac yeah, no.
Show threadTapas EaswarSep 25, 2024
I mean, have you been on Threads lately? It's pretty much all AI generated slop.
Show threadmayaSep 25, 2024
@ricmac thereโ€™s already ai garbage on the fedi, even untagged
Show threadRichard MacManusSep 25, 2024
@mayadev Yes but with fedi, you can unfollow that stuff. With Facebook, theyโ€™ll put it in your feed whether you like it or not.
Show threadShaun DyerSep 25, 2024
@ricmac Interesting how heโ€™s basically describing enshitification as a good thing. You used to only see things you liked now you see all kinds of bollocks you didnโ€™t sign up for.
Show threadBill BennettSep 25, 2024
@ricmac This is beyond awful. It feels like the end of civilization canโ€™t come soon enough for some people.
Show threadMickySep 25, 2024
@ricmac damn, the metaverse gamble really didn't pay off did it?
Show threadJack Yan (็”„็ˆตๆฉ)Sep 25, 2024
@ricmac This was why I left Facebook in 2017, as it was heading this way. It was full of bot crap even then. There were bot epidemics even in 2014, but Facebook deleted them. By สผ17, they left bot accounts as they were. Some would talk nonsense to each other, bot nets of thousands. The difference was that they werenสผt plaguing our feeds.
Since Facebook lies about its user base numbers, maybe this is the only way for it to demonstrate it has any activity. And hopefully this is how it dies.
Show threadcaffeinePleaseSep 25, 2024
@ricmac The Internet sucks
Show threadLigia MorrisSep 25, 2024
@ricmac theyโ€™re going to call it โ€œcuratedโ€ - puke.
Show threadEmmet O'NeillSep 25, 2024
@ricmac Exactly. Small communities that are self-moderating and self-curating are the direction where things need to go for the internet to continue being useful into the age of generative AI garbage.
Show threadKevin RussellSep 25, 2024

@ricmac

Mastodon is partnering with Facebook and Threads, so you haven't escaped yet, Mastodon is just another tech bro with incorrect word of mouth advertising, that differs from official tech bro plans.

Show threadDani(ela) Sep 25, 2024
@ricmac โ€œsoon beโ€ as if they arenโ€™t already โ€ฆ
Show threadSeth is PissedSep 25, 2024
@ricmac He's such a tool bag.
Show threadSeth is PissedSep 25, 2024
@ricmac He's also a robot. Geezus
Show threadcowvinSep 25, 2024
@ricmac Wow, Facebook is really becoming totally useless. It used to be a way to connect people, now it's a way to just deliver useless content to people.
Show threadTheFwGuy ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ––Sep 25, 2024
@ricmac My 2 cents ... in the end the problem is always the same : greed.
FB was born with the idea to reconnect friends/schoolmates/etc.
That's good. But evidently it was not generating enough traffic and adv to make billions, so FB (and the other social media) are always around to look to something that generate traffic/interest and thus allowing more people to absorb more adv that will translate for the social media into $$$$.
That's it. Pure, simple, devilishness greed.
And I think also all of these social media are lost right now, they don't even see themselves anymore as "media" but "content".
Honestly, I will continue to use FB to stay in contacts with friends.
I will simply ignore more stuff, block more bots and imbeciles and accurately avoid to buy stuff advertised if I can (I'm not so much paranoid or full of ideology to starve myself or don't buy what I would like to have :) )
Show threadOldeHippi ๐Ÿฆ‹๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŒบSep 25, 2024

@ricmac

Creepy, creepy, creepy.....

Show threadThe SecretbatcaveSep 25, 2024

@ricmac @hacks4pancakes depends which app.

Instagram yes, been doing it for years, itโ€™s also kind of a feature.

Facebook, they went full bore with injecting any old random shit into the feed, but it looks like they are experimenting with rolling that back.

Threads, fuck knows what they are doing.

Show threadSteve LeachSep 25, 2024
@ricmac I'm both fascinated and horrified that people still *use* that site. I check in every few months - mainly to see if anyone has left a "where to find me on the #fediverse" post... and have to use two plugins (#fbpurity + #ublock_origin) just to get a reverse chronological feed of friends posts without ads, and even then there's no time or date for posts visible anymore, and no direct links to those posts, and... wow.. it's just so broken. And without those plugins, totally unusable.
Show threadThomas TraynorSep 25, 2024
@ricmac When I am checking sewerbook, it is a never-ending dump of sponsored ads, and too many of them are rather explicit or obvious scams. Everyone that I reported except one "met standards". Can't see AI making it much worse. I check it out to see what the family is doing, and it looks like they are not posting much too.
Show threadJonathan HendrySep 25, 2024

@ricmac

โ€œin some ways, that's a better way to show you more interesting stuff"

Better: for Facebook

More interesting: for Facebook

Show threadKeith IveySep 25, 2024
@ricmac I assume he means the new thing will be AI-generated content coming directly from Meta, since Facebook already contains plenty of AI-generated content.
Show threadSchafstelze ๐ŸŽ—๐Ÿ–คSep 25, 2024
@ricmac the thing is, i believe that 90% of the people will be just fine being fed with AI generated garbage.
Show threadFlaming CheetoSep 25, 2024
@ricmac that's okay, I'll just have my AI summarize it for me.
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Wait a second... I'm starting to see where the $โ‚ฌยฃยฅ come in
Show threadAl โ‚Sep 25, 2024
@ricmac When folks tell me they love AI for making social media posts I tell them I use an AI to read them for me.
Show threadHugh FergusonSep 25, 2024
@ricmac so is it just the text that is going to be AI generated or will AI generate the facts as well?
Show threadreasoneddiscrseSep 25, 2024
@ricmac Ah yes, the reason Facebook is completely unusable now..