AI generated content, which now includes incredibly convincing videos of people, will grow exponentially over the next weeks, months, and years.
At some point, the majority of the content you see will be fake, and any usefulness or connection to humans will be lost.
Even information that you might have previously been able to confirm from a trusted source can (and will) be manipulated in some way, making verification impossible.
This lack of verification, along with the speed at which fake content can now be generated, will make it impossible to defend against.
Even the world of art and communication has been tainted, serving no connection to real people through this digital hellscape.
To that end, when will the internet be so untrustworthy, “soulless”, and useless to you that it crosses the tipping point?
EDIT: Ok, holy fuck. There’s actually a term for what I’m describing: “The Dead Internet Theory”
I seriously don’t think that would be what happens.
Things that have gone shit with AI were things that were previously shit anyway. Unpaid intern, bot farms, AI… All the same. I don’t think it would be much of an issue. I’m more worry about the ending of free adless internet. That were I’ve been seeing more and more of a decline.
And probably some fuckers with the excuse of “AI threat” will start to put golden walls around some spaces.
My red line is that I don’t pay for things that should be free. If most of internet became paywalled I suppose I would have to live with all the data I’ve hoarded over the years.
Though I suspect there will always be a free internet.