The internet already is awash in untold quantities of crap-quality content, generated by humans and non-AI programs. And that's been the case for quite a few years now.
Emotionally, "AI-generated content" makes a good boogeyman.
But rationally, "you can have your free cake (internet content), and trust it too" was always a techno-utopian/libertarian delusion. If that's your "promise of the open internet", then it was always a lost cause.
Emotionally, "AI-generated content" makes a good boogeyman.
But rationally, "you can have your free cake (internet content), and trust it too" was always a techno-utopian/libertarian delusion. If that's your "promise of the open internet", then it was always a lost cause.