> The only way to avoid that is to never publish to the web, everything published to the web feeds AI. That is the web's purpose now.
And in doing that you also prevent real humans from accessing that same content. Look, I have no simpathy for AI companies. I wrote about it before on my site, will probably write again. The current situation sucks. But giving up is not the right answer imo.
> Also there are plenty of people who create content because they love it, and also need to be able to make a living at it, because doing so at the level of quality they want is time consuming and expensive.
Fair but those are the minority. I'd argue the vast majority of people create content because they enjoy the process and earn a living in other ways. I run a newsletter where I interview people with blogs and so far, after a year running it, not a single person has told me they blog for a living. Every single one is doing it for passion. And I suspect that's true for the vast majority of people out there. The bulk of internet content (when it comes to creative content that is) is created by people who do it as a hobby.
> But mostly because even people who produce content because they love it want to share that content with the world and that will be nigh impossible when the only content anyone sees, and that any platform or algorithm surfaces, is AI generated. Why put in the effort and heart and work to create something only for an AI to immediately clone it for ad revenue? Why even bother?
Why even bother? Because there are people out there who care. And the assumption that "the only content anyone sees, and that any platform or algorithm surfaces, is AI generated" is a wrong one imo. I can assure you that there are PLENTY of people out there who still value original content, still value connecting with real human beings doing things because they love the craft. Assuming everything is doomed is not helpful.
Is it going to be harder? Yes. Are there solution? Yes.
And in doing that you also prevent real humans from accessing that same content. Look, I have no simpathy for AI companies. I wrote about it before on my site, will probably write again. The current situation sucks. But giving up is not the right answer imo.
> Also there are plenty of people who create content because they love it, and also need to be able to make a living at it, because doing so at the level of quality they want is time consuming and expensive.
Fair but those are the minority. I'd argue the vast majority of people create content because they enjoy the process and earn a living in other ways. I run a newsletter where I interview people with blogs and so far, after a year running it, not a single person has told me they blog for a living. Every single one is doing it for passion. And I suspect that's true for the vast majority of people out there. The bulk of internet content (when it comes to creative content that is) is created by people who do it as a hobby.
> But mostly because even people who produce content because they love it want to share that content with the world and that will be nigh impossible when the only content anyone sees, and that any platform or algorithm surfaces, is AI generated. Why put in the effort and heart and work to create something only for an AI to immediately clone it for ad revenue? Why even bother?
Why even bother? Because there are people out there who care. And the assumption that "the only content anyone sees, and that any platform or algorithm surfaces, is AI generated" is a wrong one imo. I can assure you that there are PLENTY of people out there who still value original content, still value connecting with real human beings doing things because they love the craft. Assuming everything is doomed is not helpful.
Is it going to be harder? Yes. Are there solution? Yes.