3 Thoughts on Generative AI and Content Creation
Let’s be clear about one thing—AI is not the enemy. We are the enemy. Engaging in the debate over AI and content to date has involved two extremes: AI is either the best thing to happen since the history of things happening, or it’s the end of everything we know and love. As everyone scrambles to figure out the human-AI pecking order, while at the same time trying to promote or prevent this beast we’ve unleashed, it’s helpful to take a step back for a few reminders that can give us a broader perspective. The AI Conundrum The rose-colored glasses folks tend to forgive AI’s “hallucinations” as growing pains and completely overlook its misogynist and racist tendencies. The Chicken Little camp is worried about AI taking current jobs, but also about being mistaken for AI and penalized for it. Ironic, right? Especially given that the goal with AI is to be more human. It does that by scraping from existing human content to produce characteristics that are increasingly being pegged ...
