For me the answer is that I ignore any content which seems created by AI, and if I am bothered, I will also block the person posting it. I tried to find any Substack policy on posting AI-generated content. Do correct me if I am wrong, but there doesn't seem to have one, which seems a major flaw. Medium seems to be currently sinking without trace, but at least belatedly tried to ban AI-generated articles.
Well said. It's frustrating to fight against all this AI generated slop with decent content. I started this Substack a month ago with the idea to write long-form content, but I soon realized no one reads it. I do republish some of my content to Medium, where it also doesn't get much traffic. I've had to write shorter pieces, still maintaining quality and definitely spending more time than someone who just asks ChatGPT to generate it.
When it comes to Medium, I think they have a system in place to fight spam created by AI, but it's a tough task, as AI is basically a summary of human writing style. So, your idea involving human content flagging might work.
I agree that the problem is going to get worse before it gets better, but I'm wondering *how* it will get better. I suspect that curation is going to become important - and I don't just mean being thrown at the mercy of an "algorithm." But...will AI be useful for curation? Or will we need humans for that?
The thing to keep in mind is that a primary thing that AI does is reflect back something that is already happening. The "slop" started way before AI arrived. I do think AI could serve a role in exercising more control over this trajectory.
For me the answer is that I ignore any content which seems created by AI, and if I am bothered, I will also block the person posting it. I tried to find any Substack policy on posting AI-generated content. Do correct me if I am wrong, but there doesn't seem to have one, which seems a major flaw. Medium seems to be currently sinking without trace, but at least belatedly tried to ban AI-generated articles.
Well said. It's frustrating to fight against all this AI generated slop with decent content. I started this Substack a month ago with the idea to write long-form content, but I soon realized no one reads it. I do republish some of my content to Medium, where it also doesn't get much traffic. I've had to write shorter pieces, still maintaining quality and definitely spending more time than someone who just asks ChatGPT to generate it.
When it comes to Medium, I think they have a system in place to fight spam created by AI, but it's a tough task, as AI is basically a summary of human writing style. So, your idea involving human content flagging might work.
I agree that the problem is going to get worse before it gets better, but I'm wondering *how* it will get better. I suspect that curation is going to become important - and I don't just mean being thrown at the mercy of an "algorithm." But...will AI be useful for curation? Or will we need humans for that?
The thing to keep in mind is that a primary thing that AI does is reflect back something that is already happening. The "slop" started way before AI arrived. I do think AI could serve a role in exercising more control over this trajectory.