Despite AI slop my internet usage might be temporarily growing.
I have a feeling that I am witnessing the last months of internet having low-enough-for-me density of generated content. If it continues to grow, I will not even bother opening Youtube and similar websites or using any recommendation algorithms. So I am spending the time binging to “say goodbye” to the authenticity and human approach of my favourite parts of the internet.
I now understand music physical records.
Previously, I could not grasp. They said the quality is better. “Why do you like it? It is white-noisy, slightly muted, you can hear the scratches. Electronic music recreates closer to the original soundwaves.”
Now I am one of those. A person might use AI tools and ask me: “Why do you prefer ordinary tools? They are hundred times slower, and the product accumulates all you mistakes. While AI tool recreates closer to the original idea.”
Now I see the loss of authenticity on this ladder: Live art, live performance with electronic tools, physical record, electronic record, electronic record with AI tools.
Each step reduces mistakes of the performance, and reduces the value, as the mistakes are part of human unique experience.
And that recognition made me want to quit things like spotify and only listen to live artists in small cafes. Quit pinterest and visit local galleries. Quit yt and make my own stories.