The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI
Maggie Appleton writes a thought provoking essay on the future of the web and where it's headed when more of the information getting produced is generated by AI instead of humans.
We're about to drown in a sea of pedestrian takes. An explosion of noise that will drown out any signal. Goodbye to finding original human insights or authentic connections under that pile of cruft.
She sees a future where will be questioning more and more the realness of people online and we will have to find ways to prove it.
After the forest expands, we will become deeply sceptical of one another's realness. Every time you find a new favourite blog or Twitter account or Tiktok personality online, you'll have to ask: Is this really a whole human with a rich and complex life like mine? Is there a being on the other end of this web interface I can form a relationship with?
There's a lot to process. Highly recommended read.