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0 pointsapwell231y ago0 comments

I am not sure I follow this.

1. Is there such a thing as 'attention grabbing AI content' ? Most AI content I see is the opposite of 'attention grabbing'. Kindle store is flooded with this garbage and none of it is particularly 'attention grabbing'.

2. Why would creation of such content, even if it was truly attention grabbing, benefit meta in particular ?

3. How would poliferation of AI content lead to more ad spend in the economy. Ad budgets won't increase because of AI content?

To me this is typical Zuckerberg play. Attach metas name to whatever is trendy at the moment like ( now forgotten) metaverse, cryptocoins and bunch of other failed stuff that was trendy for a second. Meta is NOT an Gen AI company ( or a metaverse company, or a cypto company) like he is scamming ( more like colluding) the market to believe. A mere distraction from slowing user growth on ALL of meta apps.

ppl seem to have just forgotten this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diem_(digital_currency)

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bun_at_work1y ago

Sure - there is plenty of attention grabbing AI content - it doesn't have to grab _your_ attention, and it won't work for everyone. I have seen people engaging with apps that redo a selfie to look like a famous character or put the person in a movie scene, for example.

Every piece of content in any feed (good, bad, or otherwise) benefits the aggregator (Meta, YouTube, whatever), because someone will look at it. Not everything will go viral, but it doesn't matter. Scroll whatever on Twitter, YouTube Shorts, Reddit, etc. Meta has a massive presence in social media, so content being generated is shared there.

The more content of any type leads to more engagement on the platforms where it's being shared. Every Meta feed serves the viewer an ad (for which Meta is paid) every 3 or so posts (pieces of content). It doesn't matter if the user doesn't like 1/5 posts or whatever, the number of ads still goes up.

apwell23OP1y ago

> it doesn't have to grab _your_ attention

I am talking about in general, not me personally. No popular content on any website/platform is AI generated. Maybe you have examples that lead you believe that its possible on a mass scale.

> look like a famous character or put the person in a movie scene

what attention grabbing movie used gen ai persons

_proofs1y ago

i'd say reddit is a pretty great example, twitter, even instagram or facebook comments, where bot generated traffic and comments are a norm.

you have plenty of bot or "AI/LLM" generated content, that is consumed -- up to and including things like "news".

as for the comment about movies, i'm confused -- CGI has been a thing for a long time, and "AI" has been used to convey aging or how a person might look given some conditions, on screen, as well as a whole host of things.

while this might not be an LLM, it is certainly computer generated, predictive, and artificially generated.

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