ya know… if AI becomes synonymous with “fake garbage”, maybe all of these companies will just move on, and we can finally stop hearing about it all the time…
Oh my god I’ve come full circle. I’m at the point where the slang makes sense again.
Funny. I’ve been saying “That’s AI” for anything I consider bullshit for a while now. Love to see this.
This is awesome. My 8-yr old has started calling it out when he thinks he sees it. We’ve been explaining to him how bad and unreliable it is, and how it’s not really ‘AI’ but just marketing. I think he’s starting to get it.
It’s actually really bad because these kids will disbelieve things that are true because AI has destroyed the ways we used to prove things.
I don’t think the suggested slang has anything to do with that, but that is an important side of this drastic shift in the media landscape that isn’t discussed enough. Most everyone seems focused on these algorithms being used to make things up, not enough are talking about the misuse of claiming something factual is “AI” to discredit criticism or evidence. It’s already a problem and it’s going to get worse.
Listening to what my 10 and 12-yo hear on whatever they’re on, “Oh for fuck’s sake! Can you not tell that’s bullshit?! ‘DID YOU KNOW?!’”, followed by a fire hose of partially true things.
When I have them over Christmas we need to have a long sit down on media literacy and the difference in fact vs. opinion. I got taught that shit in 70s-80s science class. I’ve been a poor father thinking they got the same.
