I usually think of them as The Eyes of Sauron.
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QAA Podcast: AI Slopaganda feat. Ryan Broderick (E319)
Artificial Intelligence carries a host of risks: it could reshape jobs and the economy, alter educational practices, help powerful figures dodge accountability through AI-assisted decision-making, and even influence our personal relationships and mental well-being. But here’s the biggest question: how will AI affect the content filling up your social media feeds?In today’s episode, journalist Ryan Broderick joins us to discuss the influx of “AI slop” — which increasingly jostles for space alongside human-created content. We’ll explore the “Shrimp Jesus” Facebook phenomenon, a viral (yet entirely fabricated) story about Elon Musk saving a young girl with Neuralink, and the 1995 sci-fi horror film Screamers.
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I’ll bet the rocks near EPA Superfind sites are particularly yummy.
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Who is this even for? 
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It seems to me that it is more petty and cruel than the people who send a Christmas card with only the generic message already printed on it. This service looks like something out of an episode of Seinfeld or another absurd 1990s sitcom.
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Not sure but it reminds me a bit of the company “You, Only Virtual,” that was founded by a man who was distraught by the idea of losing his mother. He created a company that tries (and fails badly, IMHO) to create a convincing digital version of a person so that you don’t need to grieve the passing of the real person. He got so obsessed with the potential for this company that he went to a meeting to try to secure more funding while she was on her death bed, and he missed her real-world passing as a result. But it’s ok, now that he has a digital copy of his mom he needn’t worry about such things as rearranging his work schedule in order to accommodate loved ones passing on at inconvenient times.
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Yeah. That sounds like a healthy way to cope
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