AI Slop and TV Dinners
Is AI Slop the New TV Dinner?
So I am a believer that the slop curated for us is going to be valued less and less in the future.
Ok...look at those classic microwavable TV dinners. They were popular in the late 80's - early 00's with the promise to save time on food preparation so you could spend more time with your families right?
Then companies started to use lesser quality ingredients, and more salt for preservation. So you're not even really buying food, just a microwavable salt patty slop.
I feel like this is going to happen with AI and the slop it produces. Sure it will help with some tasks and speed up certain processes, like data analytics and coding. (I actually used some AI for building this website and helping build my online storefront as well).
But it shouldn't take over and replace an entire industry or certain key workers. But that is just technology, it can change and shape life for the future.
Like a basic marketing campaign used to be much different in the early 90s, where people were paying for billboards, printing mailers, and even getting benches printed with their faces and contact information on it.
Sure these efforts do exist today, like many injury law firms still pay to have their faces printed on a bus or billboard but that's just the product market fit.
So where am I going with this?
AI has a use case. Microwaveable TV dinners have a place. But it shouldn't be the end all be all. Businesses think that AI can replace their staff and make it cheaper but there are long term consequences.
I like this little toy because it shows that tradeoffs are always made.
If it's made fast and cheap, it's not good quality. Fast and good is not cheap. Cheap and good is not fast.
I think food will be valued in a pyramid tier shape. Up on the to is family made meals, then a friend who made a meal, then a good restaurant, and a fast food restaurant, then TV dinner at the bottoms tier.
People will still prefer a home cooked meal made by a family member. Then a friend who made dinner. A good meal prepared by a team of cooks and fast food below that. And the bottom of the barrel is the TV dinner slop.
So how does this tie in with AI? I see this as a pyramid too.
We will always value human and in-person interaction at the top, then a phone call & hand written letters or hand made crafts made from a loved one will be valued, then a something digitally aided ex) a photo album (think shutterstock), below that I would say an AI prompted gift or letter.
People can see the effort you put into things. Sure AI can pump things out faster and more efficient than any human can. But sometimes that's not the point, sometimes you just want to hang out with your friends and people you like. Build something, mess up, learn from it, try something new, get better at it.
AI Slop is like a TV dinner. It exists but you shouldn't consume it too much. If you do you'll probably get really sick and have some health complications.
Too much AI can be bad too. You probably won't be able to think critically and solve problems using your own thoughts and resources.
Use these tools as a tool. Use it sparingly and you can do good work.
Watch this AI slop advert by Coca-Cola. it is not good and if you have an app on your youtube where you can show the dislike button again. It is about 80 percent dislikes. It takes jobs of artists, replaces the soul, and the end product is trash.
Coca-Cola | Holidays Are Coming (Ai ad)
Imagine food. Wait.. they did this already.
Mass produced garbage that has no soul but they only make it because it's cheap to produce.
Sure a small population will enjoy this but for the most part, it's trash.
Support your small creators. Buy local. Buy real food and drink.
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