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How does it diminish people's ability to make art? There's not a finite amount of art in the world. 
And people's happiness depends on being able to feed their families. Replacing truck drivers with AI cars means they can't do their job. Wouldn't that affect far more people than eliminating writers?
How many months until 80% of social media “engagement” is just AI on AI conversations? >

I swear twitter is just a bunch of bots swearing at each other >

I wonder the same about reddit tbh. >

How do you do, fellow human >

Is this all just generated when I click more comments? >

ITT: philosophy of solipsism discovered >

Huh, thought it was just me thinking that >

Maybe it is. >

Maybe it isn't. >

Top ten reasons why AI is here to stay. Number 3 shocked me. >

Me to ChatGPT:

Please write an article in the style of Buzzfeed entitled "Top ten reasons why AI is here to stay. Number 3 shocked me."

ChatGPT:

"Top Ten Reasons Why AI is Here to Stay: Number 3 Shocked Me!"  
Accuracy: AI algorithms can analyze and process large amounts of data with high accuracy, making it an indispensable tool in various industries.  
Efficiency: AI reduces the time and cost of performing routine tasks, freeing up humans to focus on more creative and innovative work.  
Creativity: AI can now generate creative works such as music, art, and writing, blurring the line between human and machine creativity.  
Personalization: AI can personalize experiences for users by learning their preferences and habits, leading to more meaningful interactions.  
Healthcare: AI is revolutionizing the healthcare industry by aiding in disease diagnosis, personalized treatments, and drug development.  
Customer Service: AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants are providing instant and efficient customer support, improving customer satisfaction.  
Automation: AI is automating tasks across various industries, leading to increased productivity and reduced errors.  
Predictive Analytics: AI can analyze data and make predictions about future trends and events, providing valuable insights for businesses and governments.  
Safety: AI is improving safety in various industries by monitoring for potential hazards and alerting humans to take action.  
Advancement of Science: AI is assisting in scientific research by processing data, making predictions, and discovering new patterns and relationships.  
AI is changing the way we live and work, and it's here to stay. From improving accuracy and efficiency to revolutionizing industries and advancing science, AI has the potential to bring about positive change in the world. Who would have thought that machines could be creative and make such a huge impact on our lives? Number 3 may have shocked us, but it's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the capabilities of AI.

Me to ChatGPT:

Not wacky enough. Please write it so that it's wacky, zany, and fun to read for today's fun and individualistic millennial.

ChatGPT:

"10 Mind-Blowing Reasons Why AI is the Real Deal and Here to Stay! #3 Will Make Your Jaw Drop!"  
Accuracy on Fleek: AI algorithms are like superhumans, analyzing mountains of data with pinpoint accuracy - we're talking 99.9% and beyond!  
Time-saving Ninjas: Say goodbye to boring, repetitive tasks and hello to free time! AI can handle it all and make your life a whole lot easier.  
Creativity Unleashed: Hold on to your hats because AI can now create art, music, and even write, making us question what it means to be human. #mindblown  
Personalized Perfection: AI knows you better than you know yourself! By learning your habits and preferences, it can personalize experiences like never before.  
Healthcare Heroes: AI is saving lives by assisting in disease diagnosis, creating personalized treatments, and even developing new drugs. #healthcarerevolution  
Customer Service Dreams: Chatbots and virtual assistants powered by AI are here to serve, providing instant and efficient customer support with a smile.  
Automation A-game: AI is taking over tedious tasks across industries, increasing productivity and reducing errors, it's like having a personal robot!  
Future-Telling Wizards: AI can predict the future with spooky accuracy, providing valuable insights for businesses and governments.  
Safety Squad: AI is keeping us safe by monitoring potential hazards and alerting us to take action. #safetyfirst  
Science Savants: AI is lending a hand in scientific research by processing data, making predictions and discovering new patterns and relationships. #sciencemadefun  
AI is the real deal and it's here to stay, making our lives easier, more creative, and safer. With its accuracy, efficiency, and endless capabilities, it's no wonder AI is taking the world by storm. From healthcare heroes to creativity unleashed, we can't wait to see what the future holds. And that jaw-dropping #3? Well, you'll just have to read on to find out!

Yeet, as the kids say.

EDIT: Yes, this is actually from ChatGPT for everyone asking. No, these are not selected outputs - I only gave it two prompts, once each, and these are the only responses it generated.
It took appx. 10 seconds to generate both of them. It took me longer to write the prompts. >

Is this for real? Haven’t touched it yet but it seems horrifying and amazing at the same time >

Very real. I've been nessing with it for the past few days and it's kind of terrifying how good it is. It sometimes shows it's flaws though, it's given me incorrect answers several times, it has trouble with more niche topics. Really all it does is read websites and form data into coherent sentences. In one case i actually was able to tell the exact website it had pulled an incorrect answer from. >

Actually it doesn’t read websites, ChatGPT is fully offline and only has data up to mid 2022. They likely trained it on large swathes of the internet, probably including all of Wikipedia, news outlets, and sites that compile things like user manuals (it can be very helpful when learning a new software!) >

That's interesting. I'm pretty sure i know what website it was trained for the response i got then lol >


Humans would still have their role in providing “cultural currency” and “inspired prompts”

I have no fucking clue what cultural currency means. >

Feeding in data for things like "On TikTok mascara means sex" I assume >

WTF? I can’t be that behind with this shit at late 20s. >

Yes. Yes you are. Signed, a 37 year old woman with a 6 year old that knows internet better than me. >

That's a bit of a problem and I hope you rectify that for their sake, I'm sure it's at least partially a joke but lol >

Yes partially a joke. My 6 year old is not freely roaming the internet. lol. She does play Minecraft and watches endless YouTube videos about it. >

And nobody notices... >

Isn’t their entire job to copy and paste ask reddit threads anyway? >

And insert few puns in animal related articles >

They're going to need AI to read the articles too since no one reads Buzzfeed. >

I don't think people realize how many jobs AI will be able to replace >

Yeah, the fact is the vast majority of people in the creative cultural industries are doing grunt work - the copywriters, bloggers, elevator music composers, motel artists. When critics point out AI is still far from able to create original masterpieces, that’s almost besides the point. Sure, they are not going to be setting cultural trends or crafting iconic pieces anytime soon but most humans are not doing that either - and the market for commodified cultural products is much larger. That market and the jobs in it are going the way of AI. >

The real interesting part is where this is going to be done short-sidedly and where it's going to be done intelligently. Because on a whole bunch of these feelings those are the places where the junior people break in. If all those junior people are replaced by AI where are those junior people going to learn?
Not a good solution is hey what are we produced more of X because now we're able to do it and some of it will be lower quality because it's done by juniors and then they will be able to level up their skills much more rapidly and will have a higher overall content and will have higher overall quality. 
Put in practice I suspect we will have lower >

*short sightedly
As in, without looking far ahead for potential negative consequences. >

Voice to text did a pretty good job if that was the only error huh. >

A damn fine job >

How can we tell the difference? >

There will be a drastic reduction in typos and grammatical errors >

With a possible increase in factual content. >

ML bots trained to produce the most outrage in readers to drive clicks could fight this notion >

I’ll bet money that’s the direction it goes too >

I get that's it's Buzzfeed and all, but seriously, this is fucked up. The fact that 180 writers can be replaced by a computer program is disturbing. What happens when other writing jobs get replaced? Employers don't give a shit about the quality of your work as long as they get revenue, so it's not implausible that this won't stop here. Will it be limited to news websites? It's not like publishers print books out of a love for the arts. They're looking for a paycheck just like the rest of us. What happens when most writers are replaced? Will it become all of them? Will culture stagnate for the rest of history while algorithms take over everything, just so publishers don't have to pay an actual human being?
Think about all that before you laugh at the funny click bait website doing this. This could be very bad for consumers and employees. >

That's "progress" for you. Cars completely killed the buggy crop industry used for horse-drawn taxies and carts. But then created brand new assembly lines in the motor industry. Which was then replaced by robots.
Thirty years and robots will be largely replacing wait staff in restaurants and truckers. In fourty, even the cook staff might be largely replaced with fancy 3D printers that can make food. >

It's not exactly the same thing when we're talking about writing (a form of self expression) and manual labor. Nobody actually wants to be a factory worker, they do it because it's a job with a very low bar to entry.
Creative expression is supposed to be something that is worth pursuing in itself. If machines take over that as well, what is left that makes life worth living? Is our purpose merely to produce wealth for people above us? Are we all just interchangeable cogs in a machine that makes profit? I couldn't live in a world where art is considered obsolete. There has to be something that gives this miserable existence meaning!
And yes, I realize that this is Buzzfeed we're talking about, but if you honestly think capitalists aren't salivating over the thought of extending this to other places, then I've got a bridge to sell you. >

It's not different at all. 
People had a job in a field, and technology replaced them.
The difference is people just assumed that some fields would be safe from automation. But it's not like people guessed assembly lines would be replaced either: at one time, those jobs were thought to be safe.  
For the longest time it seemed like craftsmen would be safe, and now 3D printing is threatening their jobs and giving work to people capable of rendering. People thought visual artists and writers would be safe. But we're likely a couple short decades away from AI-written movies and TV shows.
Heck, within our lifetime we'll probably be able to AI render semi-realistic TV shows based on old actors, replicating their voices and faces. We'll be able to have brand new episodes of the The Next Generation or Friends entirely done by AI or autonomous recreations of lost episodes of Doctor Who. >

It's different from a moral standpoint. That's what I'm getting at. Humans should have this one thing to ourselves because automated culture is too depressing for words. I don't want to live in a world like that. I refuse to live in a world like that. There has to be something that we have that is irreplaceable, or else why even exist at all? >

Moral how?
Why is it more immoral to replace writers than assembly line workers or truck drivers? >

I'm of the moral philosophy that defines an action as moral if it increases the amount of happiness in the world, and immoral if the opposite is true. As stated previously, nobody actually wants to do manual labor. Art and culture are things that:


People create because they want to, for it's own sake.


Serves the function of making life less miserable.


Therefore to diminish our ability to create art is, when viewed under this framework, a fundamentally evil act. Of course, since philosophy is subjective, there are other ways we can define morality. This is simply the way I see it.