Hacker News Reader

Comment by vouaobrasil | Hacker News Reader

I agree. The more attention we give AI, the more it will be profitable for sites to use it to gain advertising revenue, and the more money will be given to it's development. That is why I have adopted the policy to NEVER click on any video or link that celebrates the use of AI, or uses AI to get more clicks. Of course, websites or blogs that harshly criticize AI are good.

View on HN

This is inevitable. There are people who scroll aimlessly 2-3-4 hours per day. They will continue.

There are people that are looking/checking out the source. I don't think that AI will be so prevalent (its owners) so as to fale things so well. I remember quoting to a friend how Lex Fridman uses "love" as a unit of measurement while Harari uses "suffering". I was trying to imagine how a dialogue between the two would play out, and BOOM it happened (and I thoroughly e joyed their dialogue - twice).

Now, should Spofity purchase their voice signatures and IP and "have a-la-Holodeck" generate weekly discussions between the two, JUST so they keep me renewing, it will make me think that "it cannot be that these two guys talk every week" and thus I will pull the plug on it.

Looping back to the "aimlessly" part, I CARE to check that the thing I consume is legit/authentic. Someone else though will consume the "new AI generated Sepultura album" or "see the new clothing collection worn/displayed for you by YOUR favorite celeb (e.g.) Taylor Swift/James Hetfield/Max Cavalera/et al". To each his own I say, and let them scroll till the end of time.

I would generally agree with you, except that "to each his own" generally is leading to a very unhealthy society and the destruction of the ecosystem as well through endless economic growth.

> The more attention we give AI, the more it will be profitable for sites to use it to gain advertising revenue, and the more money will be given to it's development.

Pretty obvious slippery slope fallacy.

Your conscientious abstaining doesn't fix anything in the big picture

Well maybe not, but I am slowly growing a group of people that are interested in avoiding technology, and maybe soon we can form a coalition, one which would promise to avoid using AI. Not sure it will work but maybe it could. And there is already some backlash against AI so it's not as hard as you think!

Cool

Reply on news.ycombinator.com