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Julian Oliver
@JulianOliver@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Buzzfeed's shares go from $15 to 70 cents, now approaching bankruptcy, seemingly as a result of going all-in on 'AI' generated content.

This emerging pattern does not speak to a wicked problem. Rather, it should be no surprise that people don't want to read machine-generated content that outwardly pretends to come from a person. Because it is innately &intrinsically deceptive, which people do not like, so ending trust that will be very hard to win back. If at all

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/buzzfeed-disastrous-earnings-ai

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BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI

Three years after its pivot to AI, the writing is on the wall for BuzzFeed. The company said there's "substantial doubt" it can keep going.
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Julian Oliver
@JulianOliver@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Self-confused startup: But our 10 thousand genAI things are amazing everyday. Why aren't people reading and sharing our AI things.

People of the Obvious: because you are pretending you made it and that is lying and grifty and gross, just like it has been throughout the entirety of human culture.

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