Tag: Artificial Intelligence

My reddit feed has been getting filled with a ton of AI generated content. A notable one is r/ModMuse. Its a girl posing for selfies in different outfits. It came up again today. Tons of posts from guys. One said "You're really pretty." I responded: "Don't get too excited. I'm pretty sure she's AI generated..." I then got a response that read..."Removed: Please don't post unverified fake/ AI-generated accusations. I am a bot. This action was performed automatically." And then a follow-on message saying I'm permanently banned from the sub. I found this a little unnerving. AI agents and automated scripts are starting to show up everywhere. If AI is able to generate content on its own and control the conversation by silencing dissenters, it seems a dangerous precedent. The content in this sit...

I don’t feel like AI has made work “effortless.” It has mostly changed which part of the work feels hard. Before, the hard part was usually getting a first version done. Writing the first draft, building the first page, outlining the first plan, or turning a rough idea into something real enough to look at. Now that part is much faster. But I notice the stress moved somewhere else. Now I spend more energy asking: is this actually correct? did it miss the weird edge case? does this sound plausible but wrong? can I trust this enough to ship it? did it quietly make the thing more complicated? am I reviewing carefully, or just accepting because it looks good? That feels like the real shift to me. AI reduces the blank-page pain, but it increases the judgment burden. The person using the AI st...