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The fediverse used to feel pretty anti-ai, but over the past month or two I've noticed a LOT of generated memes and images, and they tend to have positive votes.

Has there been a sudden culture shift here? Or is there a substantial percentage of people just unable to tell the difference anymore?

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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
  1. There's a whole instance of pro-AI users; many are toxic AF about it.

  2. The average person is a moron

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

I think it's the one I use (dbzer0). I'm pretty sure it's explicitly pro-AI generated content.

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Huh, I wouldn't have guessed db0, interesting. I'd kinda considered exploring db0 as a future instance but maybe its not such a good fit for me. Thanks for the answer!

[-] gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

What I'll say is that I really don't mind it. Personally, I'm not a big fan of AI art at all, and I don't really use generative AI much in any capacity. I also don't see generative AI on my feed... Basically ever? I guess because I don't really browse Local.

db0 is anarchist, and that does come with some lenience that some people might find to be a little off-putting, but the AI part of it is pretty much irrelevant, unless you're seeking it out - from my experience, at least, and based on how I use Lemmy.

Not that I mean to shill for db0 tho lol use whatever instance you feel like fits you best!

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks for your input! I'll have to take a minute some time to go to the web interface and just look around db0 and see for myself whether it feels like a good fit for me, I appreciate you sharing your thoughts!

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[-] False@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Personally I'm pro GOOD ai content. Most of it is not.

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think the appeal of seeing stuff that people make is that it reflects the humans who made it.

I'm generally not especially interested in what an algorithm produces, at least not in the same way or for the same reason as I am things made by people.

I don't know what gen ai could produce that I would sincerely find good, it lacks the humanity that gives that product any worth.

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, so much of it is a mediocre/old joke overlayed on a generated image.

I'm guessing, there's people out there, who genuinely just flood social media with these mediocre posts to try to grow accounts or similar...

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[-] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

I don't see it, which is horrific considering that others do. can you show a few examples that you think is AI slop?

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Its usually deleted by mods fairly quickly because its often being posted into comms that specifically ban it. I saw it in politics comms, shitposts, 196 and more

[-] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

and how unambiguous is it that those are AI generated content? is it like blurry colors on images, 6 fingers and 3 hands, or what do you recognize on them?

I think I can identify generated images, but text... well I can't even decide. Probably I just can't so far, because I don't remember any posts or comments that were suspicious

[-] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Straight up vibes a lot of the time these days. It gets better and better

Identifying them is a skill for sure. You learn what you have to look for, but it depends heavily on the art style that was used. Most people are usually better at identifying hyperrealism ones than comic style ones for example.

[-] darthelmet@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I just haven’t noticed really. The reality is that memes, even ones that were made by hand with a lot of effort, are disposable content. Most of them will get looked at for like 10 seconds tops before you either move on or maybe check out the comments. Nobody who isn’t obsessed with finding the AI slop is going to notice the difference between an AI meme and just a shitty photoshop job.

That’s not to say I’m not concerned by the effects of that. Lower effort needed means more low effort stuff, but it’s not really something I’ve clocked as being particularly out of the ordinary.

[-] cley_faye@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

People don't care. as long as they can get their infinite scroll with funny picture, they're happy.

[-] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

This brings up an excellent point about addiction. A ~~quick~~ longer than I'd planned anecdote: over the last few years I've nearly completely dumped all social media (and big tech in general). Facebook, Insta, Twitter, all gone. The only social for the last few years I've had left was Reddit, and I dumped that a couple months ago (all social media is toxic, I learned).

I swapped Reddit for Lemmy a few months ago and noticed a huge difference, not just the fewer toxic people, but in the lack of posts overall by comparison. I found myself scrolling through the same Lemmy posts throughout the day, my brain trying to repeat the cycle from Reddit, but stayed strong and didn't go back to Reddit haha.

Anyway, there's still toxicity on Lemmy, and I realized how much it affects me without the cloud of all the other socials bogging it down. Not a lot, but enough. So I made a decision and went back to my old nerd days. I didn't want to miss out on legit articles I was interested in from social media so I set up an rss reader. I started checking out Lemmy in the morning, and my rss throughout the day, which doesn't update often.

What I found at first was I was re-checking lemmy, re-loading rss, and thinking about what else I can put on my phone to scratch that itch. I was (am) still addicted to the dopamine hit of forever-feeds of useless garbage. So instead, I picked up a book. It's been a long time, and it's a slow adjustment, but wow is it ever so much better. Aside from some small interaction on Lemmy in the morning like this, I don't see comments anymore, I read the info I'm interested in reading and make my own judgments without comments trying to sway me, and use my former doom-scrolling time to read a book.

To sum up, you're absolutely right. Addiction is a bitch and the average person doesn't even realize they're addicted.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 1 week ago

A lot of people are some combination of lazy, stupid, ignorant, and/or indifferent.

[-] jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago

Haven't seen a difference but I also block / downvote everybody / community that posts ai slob so ...

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Haven’t seen a difference, but I also focus almost exclusively on the communities I’ve subscribed to. Checking the all or local feed has been annoying and useless since day one, so nothing has changed.

[-] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 3 points 2 weeks ago

O don't give a shit and 100% skip useless posts clearly created using AI.

But interesting posts, I do read them even if made with AI.

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Almost like... it's the content that matters not the medium used to make it.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Is this post AI generated?

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

As long as it's intentionally made by a human and the end result is high quality, I personally don't really care what AI or other tools they did or didn't use to create that result

[-] cRazi_man@europe.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I made this. Do you care now? Are you offended and outraged?

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Lol, that's great. I don't know why you think I'd be outraged though

[-] SolidShake@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

If people would stop talking about AI all day then it probably wouldn't be used as much as it is every day.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

No lie. If anything, this site reminds me that ChatGPT might handle a task for me.

[-] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

The internet is steadily becoming Facebook. Full of idiots being force fed AI slop. Alarmingly confident in their wrongness about almost everything.

[-] baatliwala@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Most people like me don't care especially if the post is supposed to be a shitpost

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago

"slop" is being thrown around just like "socialist" and "gay". Save it for actual AI slop. Just because something is made by AI doesn't make it automatically "slop" 🙄

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago

There's always been plenty of human-made content that is slop. AI is just another tool to make easy content. Trying to categorize everything done with AI as slop is lazy and shifting blame, ignoring the difficulty in both moderating large volume as well as the lack of a definition of what is and isn't "good". Which really ends up coming back to the individual, who has means to shut out places that are regularly a problem to them.

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[-] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

John Oliver did a show on this recently, in summary: "not all AI is spam, but all spam is AI". My take, legitimate accounts with a long history are cheap to generate, they're a great purchase to help spread bad faith disinformation and look legit. It's a business model.

[-] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think I have most AI stuff I encountered blocked, and I assume so do other anti AI people, so there's probably just not enough people downvoting/commenting on AI since they don't get it on their feed

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[-] Ziggurat@jlai.lu 0 points 2 weeks ago

Lemmy is a mix between technology geeks and leftists, and many of us are both. The geek tend to be at least somehow interested in gen "AI" and often know the technical words behind it (if not what they mean). The leftists are more worried by the socio economic impact of AI

[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

The issue with the leftists as youve described them is that AI IS happening. There will be no stopping it, no containing it. Its already reshaping our world. And by downplaying its future potential(ai will never be able to identify objects, oops it can now. AI will never be able to make art, whoops it can now. AI will never be able to replace a human in every industry....) you are actively stiffling discussion on how to manage those effects. Anyone who has been seriously following AIs progression over the last ten years can see the patterns on the wall. The time of human workers is over. The only question is whether were going to use AI for the benefit of everyone, or for the benefit of the elite. And by convincing consumers they shouldnt use, even though you cant convince the elite not to, you are only pushing the dial further in the wrong direction.

RIGHT NOW we need to embrace AI. Humans have already shown that we are either incapable or unwilling to run a functional society. Putting something else in charge to make the decisions humans cant or wont is the only possible future we have. Ofc Im not asking to out an llm in charge of the world. But I am asking that people actually do something about their world leaders and start getting ubi implemented today. Because soon enough we will have an AI capable of making those decisions. And make them it will. And thats either a good thing under the post scarcity society weve built, or people rolled over and ignored the problem until they decided they dont need us anymore and get rid of us.

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