There's a moment in the movie Good Will Hunting which perfectly summarizes all the problems with AI slop and online noise and infinite advice content. Sean (played by Robin Williams) is sitting next to Will (Matt Damon) on a bench in Boston Public Garden. I live here, so I know it well. The area
It feels weird but good, finally have a collective and individual humanity affirmed, yes our life, our chats, our conversations, our data, our labour, these don’t exist so a deadend algorithm can trained, our labour exists so we can pass on our knowledge for the practice of the next generation. It is never for us, at least not us alone, it is for everyone now and in future.