There are lots of ways that AI is eroding the intellectual commons, but a subtle one is that now the discussion around every single essay and blog post is immediately dominated by a debate over whether or not it was written with AI
@jalefkowit It has entirely destroyed my ability to enjoy memes, because now before sharing them I have to research a book report on each one first.
@jwz @jalefkowit Yes, everything unbelievable is possibly synthetic, now.

@jwz And even if you do that and are reasonably confident it's authentic, one of the first replies you will get when you post it is "ew, AI."

Sigh