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Ask HN: How will the content on Hacker News change with AI tooling?

8 pointsby mrcccover 2 years ago
Hello HN, I recently tried out ChatGPT, and I am impressed. Most of the answers it gives me are just plain good. This is the first time that I realize how good AI has become already, and I am a bit scared of the changes it might bring.<p>If we extrapolate the capabilities of ChatGPT and other AIs into the future, the bar for &quot;good content&quot; will probably raise. At the same time, some of the originality that we see here might be lost. To find answers, we won&#x27;t need to use Google Search and Stackoverflow anymore. Therefore we won&#x27;t discover new pages that used to solve these problems, like personal blogs. The _need_ to write a personal blog might vanish completely. After all, nobody will ever find you and read you in the first place.<p>Which leaves me at this: What content remains? And what would you still like to read after AI content took over the Internet? Have you already noticed a change?

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MattGaiserover 2 years ago
I asked ChatGPT. It replied:<p>It is true that the advancements in artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, have significantly improved the quality and the accuracy of the generated content. However, this does not necessarily mean that all the originality and the creativity of human content will be lost. In fact, AI can also be used as a tool to enhance human content, by providing suggestions, recommendations, or inspiration.<p>Moreover, the need for personal blogs and other forms of human content will not vanish completely, because there are many aspects of human experience, such as emotions, values, or opinions, that cannot be fully captured or replicated by AI. Therefore, human content will still have its own unique value, and it will continue to be sought after, as long as it provides something that AI cannot, such as a personal perspective, a storytelling style, or a human connection.<p>In terms of the content that will remain, it will probably be a mix of both human and AI content, depending on the context and the purpose. For example, for factual or technical information, AI content might be more reliable and efficient, but for personal or creative content, human content might be more engaging and relatable. Therefore, the content that you would still like to read after AI content took over the Internet will probably depend on your interests, your preferences, and your values.
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CrypticShiftover 2 years ago
Without all that human energy and enthusiasm on the web over a generation, this level of &quot;AI intelligence&quot; would not have been possible in the first place.<p>So, here is the paradox: (in the future) the less we will continue to create content (HN, Blog...), the less ChatGPT-like answers will be &quot;relevant&quot;. So, we may go back to asking our fellow humans more.<p>What I&#x27;m more worried about is all that cheap (pricewise and quality-wise) AI content proliferation, because it will worsen the effects of that Human-content decrease. It will be AI feeding on itself, like zombies.
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terminal_dover 2 years ago
IMO it is time for private communities with restricted registrations to preserve post quality. I don&#x27;t know what to do about HN though, but I&#x27;m sure they&#x27;ll come up with something. Maybe every account will need to be re-verified somehow.
favourableover 2 years ago
&gt; And what would you still like to read after AI content took over the Internet<p>It already has taken over to some extent. I imagine blackhat SEO people are using AI tools to generate blogposts and Q&amp;A type tutorials at enormous scales. Some I imagine are even doing videos that use text-to-video software and are gaming YouTube&#x27;s algorithms and flooding it with artificial content.
simneover 2 years ago
I believe, some users of HN already AI chatbots :)