Boomer Brain

Apparently there is an endless scroll of AI generated pictures on facebook and the boomers are eating it up. I've read that the accounts posting these things are bots so it's possible the likes are also coming from bots, but it still suggests something horrible.

During elsagate youtube had a abundance of strange cartoons and live action plays targeting children featuring elsa and spiderman. Each video was receiving millions of views. The screenplays were procedurally generated using all the keywords young kids were searching for on youtube. They contained things like "Frozen Elsa Dates Spiderman", "Supderman saves Frozen Anna!", "Spiderman & Frozen Elsa vs Joker!", and "Joker Kidnap Frozen Elsa baby e/ Police Baby vs Spiderman Baby Rescue Elsa".

The facebook bots are producing things based on what is typically liked on facebook; jesus, veterans, babies, dogs, and nature, and it's like shining a mirror into their brains.

I never heard what happened to all those young children manipulated by the capitalism driven ai, and I'm not sure what will happen with our older (voting age) generation, but I know as the AI gets better it will begin to creep in from both sides, targeting older children and younger old people.

What happens when the internet is completely full of AI generated content tailored towards your specific interests? Will we crave authenticity, or will we be content?

Update 240503:

I'm including one more picture I originally left out because it was too creepy. I didn't realize if you squinted you could make out the outline of jesus among the creepy malformed underwater children and chitinous sealife.

posted by na on April 23, 2024 07:03