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It's been all over the news recently: AI-generated text and other things. It has infiltrated nearly every aspect of commerce and arts, sometimes beneficially. But being such a powerful tool, it has eschewed actual intelligence or common sense in its warpath through our psyche. AI should stand for anti-intelligence in many cases, not artificial intelligence.

I was wondering why, suddenly, many descriptions on the popular online auction site seemed to be written by the same person (a gushing idiot, to be precise). Previously, people listing their items relied on their questionable photos and poor descriptions. The bad photos remain but the description part is managed by AI.

It takes a few key words the user has entered into the listing and writes away. It is nearly useless because these sellers can't write an accurate description to start with. No amount of machine intelligence will make up for such shortcomings; it can only amplify what's already there. One good thing is that misspellings and other grammar errors have almost disappeared.

While I haven't used it, its results are quite obvious. I would normally say shut your piehole if you haven't seen, used, or done it. But this is different. I noticed it without knowing about it, that's how insulting it is.

Maybe AI picks up on the user's ineptitude and rewards them with something equally as laughable? Worse, now they will have the backing of AI to plead their case. Their arrogance thinking they are right and their ignorance that they don't know they're wrong is a self-perpetuating echo chamber. Same outcome either way. AI only makes these people less intelligent and functional, which didn't seem possible since they weren't firing on all cylinders anyway.

People who can't write a description for themselves won't be able to describe what they want written about. They'll AGAIN neglect the important things: dimensions, condition (issues), hallmarks or other markings, weight, etc. It all started long before they didn't verify the information via a quick internet search. Basically, whatever AI puts out...I have never seen such an onslaught or abundance of lies thanks to these asshole liar sellers!

And who owns the copyright for the text, images, or other information that AI generates? When made by people it is considered intellectual property and afforded the protections of law. Should AI plagiarize intellectual property, no matter the reason, what kind of legal conundrum will that create? The situation is evolving rapidly. The big publishers and media companies are taking notice.

AI could be a fantastic tool much like social media could have been. In the hands of competent, intelligent people, that is. Mankind is on a slippery slope for sure! It's like giving a cache of automatic weapons to a bunch of angry, racist, violent children on a sugar diet.

Algorithms have all but ensured we remain thoughtless, complacent, and passive when it comes to the content delivered on social media or ads pumped into our internet feeds. Using AI so we can be equally as useless in our everyday life and decisions is the next logical step though irrational and horribly homogenizing. Why lift a finger when computers will do it for us?

Perhaps there should be a test to certify people before they use such powerful tools. Trolls on social media would die out. Lots of false information would cease to propagate. Then again, think of all the rage this would cause in some miscreants. Let's hope AI doesn't assist their vengeful nature.

Posted by M: November 17, 2023

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