https://nitter.1d4.us/clarkesworld/status/1627711728245960704

    • Sea_Gull [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Why would they even want that? I know it's because they lack any creativity like :my-hero: but still. What a dim view on art and a person's ability to create it

        • Sea_Gull [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          It's what happens when the extent of media criticism is 'the curtains are blue'

          It's like yeah you can regurgitate a series of events, but it'll only be empty if you're just putting contextless prose on the page.

            • Sea_Gull [they/them]
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              2 years ago

              I don't even think it's that. It's the people who think adding a gay character is political or the people who want another Isekai waifu show.

              Or the folks who unironically see themselves as Rick and don't get why that's bad.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      I mean, they're not wrong. Someone is going to find a way to monetize AI writing and then churn it out in bulk.

      The hype train is going to completely outrun the media in question. But then what? Clarksworld will adapt. They're not going to just stop doing publishing. They'll just add one of those "are you a robot" tests to their online submission portal

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          2 years ago

          Omg, this is an hour long and inside the first three minutes he's explaining how much it costs to produce "advice".

          I hate YouTube. I hate YouTube. I hate YouTube. I hate YouTube.

          • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            yeah it is pretty long. The short version is that there is a scam where you pay ghost writers to write a shitty book and then you put it on audible for passive income

            • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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              2 years ago

              Ah. I've heard of this. Amazon has the same problem.

              But it's a problem virtually every publishing house has. The issue isn't with volume of dud submissions. It's with paying slush readers to wade through crap content in search of the gems.

              The thing that costs money - people with a modicum of taste curating content - is still a thing publishers can't automate away. AI just amplifies the burden on the publishing side.

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      18 days ago

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      • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        The singularity is gonna happen and surprise mfers the capitalist robot will skin you all to make fucking coats for nonexistent customers cuss it was programed by dumbass sociopaths

        • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          no it isn't the guys who want the sigularity are idiot sci-fi writers not people who actually know what they're talking about

          • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            In all honesty I have no idea what the fuck the singularity is going to be and neither does anyone because as of right now it's just hopium crack techbros inject into themselves and the propaganda they make to justify silicon valleys existence.

            • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              my position is that it simply isn't going to happen I think weird creeps started talking shit.

              It is precisely as reasonable to worry about the singularity as time travelling robots