Earlier today, I posted an ai generated image. I thought it’s a very good image. I wanted to share it because it was something special I hadn’t seen before. The post was removed in c/memes after a while. The removal made me think. I removed it from c/lotrmemes myself.

What happened?

An “ai” generated a series of images of which a human selected one and shared it in a forum. It is coincidence that it was the first image that yielded the best result.

The ai could’ve posted the image itself. It wouldn’t have needed a human. And even if it needs a human today to select the image, it might not need a human tomorrow to judge if a picture is of higher quality.

If we allow ai generated content in a forum where humans interact with each other, we risk our conversations and interactions. If we let a computer post what we read and see we lose our community life. We end up interacting only with machines and not humans.

I remembered a news story that facebook started artificial profiles on facebook/instagram. It would post only artificially generated content. 10 years ago it was important to facebook that we proof that we are human and no bot or alt account. Today facebook is only profit driven. It does not care if humans or robots interact with each other. It’s cool that there are machines now.

I do not want to see posts of a computer, I do not want other people to see this content and interact with it. It is an incredible technology. It’s astonishing what we achieved so far and what we will achieve in the future.

I do not want to live in a world where we interact with machines and can not distinguish between human reality and fiction. I am deeply sorry. I have thought about it and I am greatful that I have a better understanding of it.