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1. Leonard_of_Q · 1789805602 · focus · HN ↗

   Because it is the hot new thing and HN is a hype machine. Before AI there were crypto and blockchain, after AI there will be something else.

   1. Madmallard · 1789806171 · focus · HN ↗

      There won't be an after AI

      1. Leonard_of_Q · 1789812364 · focus · HN ↗

         There will be on HN. Artisinal Intelligence, Biological Inference, Living Local Models, whatever. If the AI hype turns out to be real there will be a counter-revolution where the usual suspects start pushing their abacus-enhanced lifestyles, guaranteed AI-free.

         1. Madmallard · 1789836317 · focus · HN ↗

            Doubt it

            AI gonna lead to the destruction of the internet

            1. Leonard_of_Q · 1789994550 · focus · HN ↗

               It won't. It will probably change it a lot but kill? The internet is a network of interconnected networks, why would "AI" kill that? Just because 98% of the end nodes turn out to be slop doesn't mean that the remaining 2% ceases to exist? If that were the case then the ubiquitous "social" networks killed the internet a long time ago. Just because TikTok is filled with human-produced slop doesn't make it more valuable than "AI"-produced dreck.

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