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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by imabotbeep2937 on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @10:42AM (#40646729)
Agree. Content was the OG slop. Buzzfeed with monkeys on typewriters.

The problem is that dopamine addicts generate outsized engagement. I know a literal crack mom who spends a solid 90+ hours a week watching accident videos to keep her brain triggered. The algorithm caters to her. Send promotional emails daily or more, constant notifications, recommend the same few videos over and over. Gotta get in there before she clicks another car crash video.

IMHO: Marketing is a top societal evil right now. If the media machine wasn't so desperate for content, AI wouldn't be a fraction of the problem it is. But with everyone obsessing over the next piece of content, fake AI presentations are mandatory.

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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @10:52AM (#40646866)
Hmm. An AI trained to maximize dopamine could be a very bad thing. (It won't be stated that way. It will be trained to "maximize engagement", but it amounts to the same thing.)
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by pjc50 on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @12:07PM (#40647987)
> An AI trained to maximize dopamine could be a very bad thing.

Spelled "profitable". This is definitely something that's already happened/happening; see algorithmic timelines and the widespread sudden legalization and acceptance of gambling.

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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by pmtcc on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:31AM (#40647443)
Our brains have been under attack for years. Zuckerberg, Dorsey, and company have already spent decades and billions doing just that. With capabilities already in the AI realm.
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by baq on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @01:10PM (#40648846)
Still can’t decide how terrified should I be that somehow zuck is the good guy in the AI wars.
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by asystole on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @05:15PM (#40651578)
No clue what would give you that idea.
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by fragmede on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @05:31PM (#40651779)
llama3
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by Tao3300 on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @10:55AM (#40646896)
> could be

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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by islandert on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:12AM (#40647125)
TikTok?
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by noobermin on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @04:31PM (#40651127)
Too many people are worried about hallucinating AIs somehow taking over nukes instead of them juicing the dopamine machines
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by mr_toad on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @03:03AM (#40655397)
You don’t need AI for that, “old fashioned” ML has been doing it for a decade.
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by brcmthrowaway on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @12:43PM (#40648450)
Dude take me back to BuzzFeed listicles. Some millenials being cringe >> AI slop
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Re:A new term, ‘slop’, has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-... by fennecbutt on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @07:17AM (#40656767)
Brainrot
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