Author says he does not distinguish whether online content is AI-generated
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An author writes that he does not care whether online content is AI-generated, but instead divides all online content into two categories: content from known individuals or institutions he trusts, and everything else, at a ratio of about 1:1000. For the latter, he does not distinguish between human and AI creation, and judges everything by the value of the content itself. The article rebuts one by one the three common criticisms that AI content is inaccurate, untrue, and undisclosed in source, pointing out that humans likewise produce large amounts of low-quality and false content.
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The author argues that common objections to AI-generated web content—inaccuracy, inauthenticity, and undisclosed use—apply equally to much human-generated material, and that he assesses all online content on its own merits rather than by its origin. He suggests that, at the end of the "Gutenberg parenthesis," justified skepticism toward all online information means we must relearn pre-Gutenberg skills of critical assessment with or without AI. He adds that he can understand why publishers should disclose AI involvement as a courtesy, even though it doesn't much matter to him.
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