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If we permeate everything with AI writing, eventually AI is going to find and use its own (or another AI’s) writings as a resource and just get perpetually more shitty over time. Capitalists are quick to strip everything of its human touch if it nets them another fat pay rise. It’s enshittification via AI with the help of overpaid suits.
Here, that's what I wanted to say in my other comment, really put in simpler words.
Maybe because there's that concept of entropy in Markovian processes. Or in simpler words - the bigger share AI-created stuff holds in the whole corpus of texts we read and use, the more degenerate they become over time.
Eh, guess, this doesn't look simpler, but I'm just clumsy with words. The general idea is clear, I hope.
the more degenerate they become over time.
To clarify, by "they" do you mean the language models?
Both them and the texts they produce which in turn are used for learning.
Thanks. I see what you mean. When I first started reading about the topic someone brought up low-background steel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel Grim but relevant topic!
Yes, it's interesting. Especially since language and symbolics and text are somewhat more important for humanity than steel.
It is.
AI writing will be wanted more or less depending on what is being written, the context, the quality, and the audience. It is here now. If it is better, people will consume it. You might have a favorite AI writer for cyberpunk adventure but prefer a human written autobiography.
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