I fondly remember the Internet in the later 90s and up into 2010. I eagerly went to great homebrew websites and some blogs (ioncludng Solder Smoke) prior to the burdens of monitizations and algorithms. Now we are addicted to scrolling, and there is a sameness, emptyness and nearly every title is click bait. It's about influencers and their followers and the content is often same old story rebranded. I nowo oyg the Intern2 ours per day. I also avoid big technology companies products as much as I am able. No Goggle, no GGGmail, No WWindowws or MMac
enshitification by billionAireTech. Ad money +greed + sticking it to the working class so they can richer. QRP and homebrew hanging on, but mostly by an older demographic who needs to spend more on groceries and medicince. Sad times
There's irony in relying on clickbait--whether its content is AI or real--to condemn the rise of yet-one-more source of online humbug. There's no objective reason why anyone should accept claims from sensationalized sources such as this one. Its intent is go get views, "engagement," and revenue from the advertising YouTube sells to purveyors of commercial humbug.
The AI fad may be little more than just a slight enhancement of the already-well-developed human capacity (and inclination) to be full of shit. To manipulate others with lies and distortions is the reason for well-more than half of what we see, hear, and read already. BTW, if the presenter in this video is an AI product, it's really done a good job in giving her a very-human-like sneer.
Todd: I disagree with much of what you said. First, all of us try to come up with content that readers will find interesting. Does that make it "Clickbait"? And this is not a matter of just blindly "accepting claims from a sensationalized source" -- we are seeing the impact, for example, of the AI boxes on search engines. People stop visiting the underlying blogs and websites. That is one of her claims. Do you think this is NOT happening? As for AI being a "fad" and "humbug," I don't think so. Sure, some of the stuff that AI supporters claim is exaggerated, but I think AI is having a big impact on the internet. I think she is right -- the internet (as we knew it) is dying. An AI plays a part in this. 73 Bill N2CQR
Predictions suggest that in the near future, at least 80% of all internet traffic will be AI bots. Human activity online will be like Morse code or smoke signals in the digital wilderness...
The root cause seems to be the low educational level and gullibility of the majority of humans. In 1971 our U.S. government was able to step in and ban most cigarette advertising because too many people were unable to resist the sales pitches and were dooming themselves to an early death. However, the internet problem has grown too large and too fast for governments to respond in a similar manner. Plus, it is clear to me that the public school education I received back then was much better than what most children receive today, based on the more than fifty presentations I have given in elementary, middle, and high schools during the last 20 years. --Walter KA4KXX
all I know is that when I try to play the video above, Youtube wants me to sign-in to prove I'm not a bot - nope, not gonna pollute my Youtube feed with tons of videos on AI.
so maybe some of this "bot traffic" is just people who don't want to sign in and are using a VPN ?
That woman reporting is a bot too
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing. Are you sure?
ReplyDeleteNo she is not, but sure comes across that way
ReplyDeleteI fondly remember the Internet in the later 90s and up into 2010. I eagerly went to great homebrew websites and some blogs (ioncludng Solder Smoke) prior to the burdens of monitizations and algorithms. Now we are addicted to scrolling, and there is a sameness, emptyness and nearly every title is click bait. It's about influencers and their followers and the content is often same old story rebranded. I nowo oyg the Intern2 ours per day. I also avoid big technology companies products as much as I am able. No Goggle, no GGGmail, No WWindowws or MMac
ReplyDeleteenshitification by billionAireTech. Ad money +greed + sticking it to the working class so they can richer. QRP and homebrew hanging on, but mostly by an older demographic who needs to spend more on groceries and medicince. Sad times
ReplyDeleteThere's irony in relying on clickbait--whether its content is AI or real--to condemn the rise of yet-one-more source of online humbug. There's no objective reason why anyone should accept claims from sensationalized sources such as this one. Its intent is go get views, "engagement," and revenue from the advertising YouTube sells to purveyors of commercial humbug.
ReplyDeleteThe AI fad may be little more than just a slight enhancement of the already-well-developed human capacity (and inclination) to be full of shit. To manipulate others with lies and distortions is the reason for well-more than half of what we see, hear, and read already. BTW, if the presenter in this video is an AI product, it's really done a good job in giving her a very-human-like sneer.
Todd: I disagree with much of what you said. First, all of us try to come up with content that readers will find interesting. Does that make it "Clickbait"? And this is not a matter of just blindly "accepting claims from a sensationalized source" -- we are seeing the impact, for example, of the AI boxes on search engines. People stop visiting the underlying blogs and websites. That is one of her claims. Do you think this is NOT happening? As for AI being a "fad" and "humbug," I don't think so. Sure, some of the stuff that AI supporters claim is exaggerated, but I think AI is having a big impact on the internet. I think she is right -- the internet (as we knew it) is dying. An AI plays a part in this. 73 Bill N2CQR
DeletePredictions suggest that in the near future, at least 80% of all internet traffic will be AI bots. Human activity online will be like Morse code or smoke signals in the digital wilderness...
ReplyDeleteThe root cause seems to be the low
ReplyDeleteeducational level and gullibility of the
majority of humans. In 1971 our
U.S. government was able to step in and
ban most cigarette advertising because
too many people were unable to resist
the sales pitches and were dooming
themselves to an early death.
However, the internet problem has grown
too large and too fast for governments
to respond in a similar manner.
Plus, it is clear to me that the public
school education I received back then
was much better than what most children
receive today, based on the more than fifty presentations I have given in elementary, middle, and high schools during the last 20 years.
--Walter KA4KXX
all I know is that when I try to play the video above, Youtube wants me to sign-in to prove I'm not a bot - nope, not gonna pollute my Youtube feed with tons of videos on AI.
ReplyDeleteso maybe some of this "bot traffic" is just people who don't want to sign in and are using a VPN ?
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY