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Chris Best
@cjgbest
Sure, AI can replace boring schlock. But couldn't it also replace *engaging* schlock?
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Paul Graham
@paulg
AI is going to replace all the schlock that everyone ignores — all the generic emails and reports, all the inflight magazine-level writing and illustration, all the uncited academic papers published to get tenure for their authors, all the essays students write in their classes.
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Chris Best
@cjgbest
I'm talking about stuff at the level of a combative dumb-but-viral tweet, a mesmerizing-but-not-creative TikTok video, or cable news.
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Chris Best
@cjgbest
A colleague put it: "To the extent that interacting with AI-ranked feeds of human-generated content drove people insane, interacting with AI-ranked feeds of AI-generated content is gonna be fun"
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Chris Best
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As usual, I'm long-term optimistic about all of this, and feel lucky to get to watch it play out. I'm excited for the AI revolution, and also fascinated by the customs we will have to invent integrate it into our lives.
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