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Unfortunately, content creators are at the mercy of the platform algos, which demand consistent and constant uploads. Which is why the high quality content people want is disappearing. In the same turn, the people who want that higher quality content aren't willing to pay for it to cover the difference. Meanwhile, AI content that I would agree is definitely slop constantly gets highlighted on those platforms and makes those 'creators' a bunch of money, encouraging others to do the same. It's not enough to complain about it, people need to stop giving that content attention or even avoid the platforms that recommend them completely.

@champlification @hankgreen @paul_cal … going to result in shit. That’s the end of it. I imagine their audience feels the same way about it. A large quantity of content isn’t the same thing as one well-made piece of work.

Machine learning and neural networks have been around for quite a while, and no one really cared that researchers/data scientists/etc. were using them. LLMs (ChatGPT, etc.) are just pre-trained neural networks that everyone has access to. Suddenly everyone calls all machine learning 'AI' and everyone is against the use of AI. 🤷

@eattherich6969_ @hankgreen @paul_cal The point is to not be one-dimensional. People can use AI (to whatever degree) within their workflows to produce good, accurate content. People can also use AI to create slop. It comes down to the person using the AI, not just the use of AI itself.

@champlification @hankgreen @paul_cal Then what’s the point, exactly?

@DanielLoganPDX @hankgreen @paul_cal Agreed. It comes down to how he's using the AI. The mere use of AI doesn't inform us whether or not the data he's presenting is bad or not. The use of AI is not inherently bad, it's how it's used.

@champlification @hankgreen @paul_cal A big issue though is if he’s going off of the AI generated notes rather than using it to find sources to do his own notes from, he’s probably missing information if not getting entirely false info.

Tools that don't work don't get used. It's definitely working for some people. People are spending a lot of money on AI tokens, and people are making money with all kinds of AI slop. If it's truly not working, the only way to fix it is for people to stop using the platforms that show the slop, so the slop no longer makes money.

@champlification @Czernobog @hankgreen @paul_cal Much like the last Google ai result I read, your opening sentence is objectively incorrect. Some tools are poorly made and don't work.

Who judges if the money spent hiring writers and researches is more ethical than giving that same money away to whatever his philanthropy is about? But yeah, again, that's not really outlining all of his income/expenses for me to judge whether or not he has the money to hire people

@champlification @hankgreen @paul_cal “Meet Hank & John Green: Creators, educators, and philanthropists turning everyday purchases into global impact through Good Store.” This is from their website. They own a damn e commerce enterprise. He calls himself a philanthropist

Did you trust the research Hank did before he used AI? Do you believe that he fact checked the research and validated it against other trusted sources (when possible) to present the most accurate data he could? Why would you not think that he would give the same scrutiny to research presented by AI? The issue isn't necessarily that he used AI. The issue is whether or not he does due diligence to ensure the information he's presenting is accurate, regardless of where it comes from.

@champlification @hankgreen @paul_cal It’s not the same thing. Him claiming to use it for research, and claiming to use it for scripting videos are two different things. Let’s not pretend AI is know for its quality, it’s known for its efficiency.

@DawnRatioReal @hankgreen @paul_cal I want nothing but good things for you.

@champlification @hankgreen @paul_cal I hope a data center is built next to your house

@Graine_01 @hankgreen @paul_cal AI is definitely being used more and more in education. I do agree that there is some hypocrisy regarding the environmental aspect.

@champlification @hankgreen @paul_cal Its a tool that is on average wrong atleast 20% of the timeand he is posing as an educator. It is also a tool that creates extreme polution per querry, and hank numerous times posed himself as enviroment advocate. What bugs people is the double standard and hypocricy.

@LiamMcCue32 @hankgreen @paul_cal I think it's easy to assume that people make more money than they really do. I don't know him personally, so I don't know how much money he brings in or how much his other expenses are for everything.

@champlification @hankgreen @paul_cal No he admitted to using it cause it was easy for him. Plus this guy is massive. No way he can’t hire script writers and researchers.

@LiamMcCue32 @hankgreen @paul_cal I don't know his financial situation, but maybe the people that want to stop him from utilizing AI could pay him more for his content so he can afford to pay script writers and researchers.

@champlification @hankgreen @paul_cal Instead of hiring script writers or researchers he’s slopping up his work. Hence why he came out with this statement because someone noticed.

@dayof_thejackal @jae_writes_ @hankgreen @paul_cal Most people are. AI just makes it easier for us.

@champlification @jae_writes_ @hankgreen @paul_cal You are a fountain of slop 💯

@dayof_thejackal @bobbystockings @hankgreen @paul_cal Funny that you think I could even get AI to like me.

@champlification @bobbystockings @hankgreen @paul_cal Spoken like someone who has an AI boyfriend/girlfriend.

@TheCupidKid @bobbystockings @hankgreen @paul_cal It's not up to me to determine who was at 'fault'. I believe it was decided within court, but I don't remember the outcome.

@champlification @bobbystockings @hankgreen @paul_cal Ah good, so it's the victims' fault the unregulated chatbot encouraged their unhealthy thoughts and convinced them to off themselves, great stance.

@LiamMcCue32 @hankgreen @paul_cal What makes that use "unethical"? According to who's ethics?

@champlification @hankgreen @paul_cal He said he used ai for research and script writing. Both are seen as highly unethical uses

Depends on the person using it. You can provide it links to grab data from or ask it to grab data from specific places, or even just provide it the research papers yourself. You can also request it to provide you the sources it used to gather that data so you can review and validate its claims. Just depends on how you use it.

@champlification @eattherich6969_ @hankgreen @paul_cal Generally research data is pulled from A Source which it linked. It’s functionally acting as a belated search engine?

The same could be said for anyone that used a typewriter instead of writing by hand, or printing copies of something. Same could be said of someone using vehicle transportation to go from one place to another instead of just walking. You are lazy for using anything created to make your life easier.

@champlification @hankgreen @paul_cal The switch up is crazy. Ai is shit and everyone who uses it is lazy.

@Ro210P @hankgreen @paul_cal Based on that comment, it's safe to assume that you have no idea what AI is being used for or where it's being used. Most likely, you are enjoying something that utilized AI in its creation and don't even know it.

@champlification @hankgreen @paul_cal counterpoint: everything created with ai is definitely slop.

The LLMs generate/create output, regardless of what that output is. Outputting research data is the same as outputting a script for him to follow in his videos. The difference is what data is provided to the LLM, and what it's tasked to do. I'm not assuming how much or little he uses AI in his workflows.

@champlification @hankgreen @paul_cal “Creating” was not mentioned, research was talked about. You are talking about something different, learn how to read

A tool is as good or bad as the person using it. Just because you haven't been able to use it well, or haven't noticed (from what you could tell) anyone else using well, doesn't mean that there aren't people skilled at using AI to create good things. You just only notice the bad.

@champlification @hankgreen @paul_cal It's a bad tool that does not work well, and some of you dumbasses use it way too much and have no idea why people laugh at you.