AI is causing a lot of problems. It has invaded our phones, lives, and brains. In many ways it resembles a digital parasite, a deceptive brain-eating machine. In this video I critique the current direction of AI development by pointing out the obvious problems, and I do my best to offer advice on how to survive. I focus on the ways it affects you personally through slop, deception, and psychosis. This is coming from the perspective of a tech nerd who has always loved robots and machine learning, but I just can't ignore these issues. ~SUPPORT ME~ Learn to code faster with Scrimba! (saves you 20% and support me): https://scrimba.com/?via=EmergentGarden Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emergentgarden Twitter: https://twitter.com/max_romana Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/emergentgarden.bsky.social ~SOURCES~ I have chosen not to cite malicious AI content or companies. Cited Films: Ex Machina, Blade Runner (1982), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Her Booing AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crwbno_SSIo Wildwood stopmotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HQ-HrwIgOc Suno outproduces Spotify: https://edm.com/industry/suno-ai-music-tracks-surpass-spotify-entire-catalog-every-two-weeks/ Sam Altman "RL Optimized Slop Feed" blogpost: https://blog.samaltman.com/sora-2 Spongebob Burger Competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYeNKdJhk98 Chatgpt lying (HuskIrl): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IvGedA3iLKA The Library of Babel (English Translation): https://sites.evergreen.edu/politicalshakespeares/wp-content/uploads/sites/226/2015/12/Borges-The-Library-of-Babel.pdf Deaths Linked to Chatbots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_linked_to_chatbots Anthropic "Bliss Attractor": https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/6d8a8055020700718b0c49369f60816ba2a7c285.pdf Craft is the Antidote to Slop: https://x.com/WillManidis/status/1996336502713037274 This video was heavily inspired by Freya Holmer's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-opBifFfsMY My Music Guy: https://www.youtube.com/@acolyte-compositions ~TIMESTAMPS~ (0:00) The Turing Test is a Lie (2:21) The Brain Eating Machines (5:01) Slop (12:54) Deception (23:09) Psychosis (33:00) Craft (39:30) We are Humans
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I‘m far from an AI doomer, but it is amazing how many serious voices — on LinkedIn, no less! — are sharing stories about how AI slop is quickly becoming one of the top problems they see in academic writing and research “AI will 10x our research!” doesn’t seem to be surviving encounters with reality
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arstechnica.comAI* hallucinations/AI slop
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AI* psychosis/therapy/companions/sycophancy
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
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