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The problem is, I hate the way the AI industry treats artists, authors, and so on, but at the same time, the technology is really useful.
I’m not talking about AI junk, but really cool personal projects. In my case, of course, it’s more about programming.
The current quality of AI-generated Code has nothing to do with ai slop, at least if you use the AI properly and don’t just rely on the app.
Media generation (images, audio, video) is mostly AI-generated sloppy work, just like the generation of books or any kind of art.
What is AI slop if not mass-produced content of mediocre or lower quality?
Especially in programming, the quality has long been quite good; of course, you still need someone to set the goals, structure, and everything else. So you can’t simply replace people with AI, as the PR claims—that always results in drastic quality issues.
But of course, that doesn’t change the fact that companies are stealing intellectual property and forcing AI into nearly every product.
I make a strict distinction between low-quality AI content & high-quality AI content, even though the underlying issues remain the same.
The world isn't black and white. AI, which is a very broad term to begin with, can mean so many different things. Specialized AI agents are simply different from bots that flood music platforms, websites, & social media with junk.
Even though you can, of course, use AI for sloppy coding, GitHub projects know all too well what that’s like.
It’s like people who say they love the Harry Potter universe but hate the author.
That’s exactly the distinction between the work and the author or company.
And yes, I'm one of those people who despise J.K. Rowling, of course.
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