Comment by lukan
7 hours ago
"I may have to accept that this is just the new reality - never quite knowing the truth."
Some people, quite some time ago, also came to that conclusion. (And they did not even had AI to blame)
7 hours ago
"I may have to accept that this is just the new reality - never quite knowing the truth."
Some people, quite some time ago, also came to that conclusion. (And they did not even had AI to blame)
I’m really hoping that we’re about to see an explosion in critical thinking and skepticism as a response to generative AI.
Any day now… right?
I show my young daughter this stuff and try to role model healthy skepticism. Critical thinking YT like Corridor Crew’s paranormal UFO/bigfoot/ghosts/etc series is great too. Peer pressure might be the deciding factor in what she ultimately chooses to believe, though.
One can hope!
Yeah, one can. But then I see people just accepting the weak google search AI summary as plain facts and my hope fades away.
I think the broader response and re-evaluation is going to take a lot longer. Children of today are growing up in an obviously hostile information environment whereas older folk are trying to re-calibrate in an environment that's changing faster than they are.
If the next generation can weather the slop storm, they may have a chance to re-establish new forms of authentic communication, though probably on a completely different scale and in different forms to the Web and current social media platforms.