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mhoye

I momentarily though that the biggest reason video tutorials are going outcompete text for at least the next few years is that it's currently much more difficult for AI models to turn video into plausible semantic mulch than text, but then my brain said "oh, that's not a problem, you mulch the transcript text, use a text-to-speech generator and throw in some random screengrabs from existing videos", and I realize that any knowledge without a chain of custody will be drowned out by noise soon.

30 Aug 2023 at 20:30 | Open on mastodon.social
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J Miller

@mhoye

Not sure if you followed the saga of the Peppa Pig videos, but was more or less exactly what you describe--"semantic mulch"--but perhaps even more disturbing:

theguardian.com/technology/201

30 Aug 2023 at 20:33 | Open on mastodon.online
mhoye

@JMMaok Yeah, it's basically going to be that for documentation.

30 Aug 2023 at 20:52 | Open on mastodon.social
Moto :rainbowinfinity:

@mhoye Prehistory-2022: Yeah, memetic malware exists, but it’s rare enough we mostly mitigate it with virus scanners.

2023-????: If it’s not cryptographically signed, it’s almost certainly Pink Slime™️ brand, mechanically separated Information Product, unsuitable for human consumption.

30 Aug 2023 at 20:53 | Open on hachyderm.io
Job

@mhoye if I was allowed to share the very obviously automatically generated instruction video I have recently been forced to watch at work, then I could give proof that the enterprise world has already been infected by this, but you'll just have to take my word for it.

30 Aug 2023 at 21:01 | Open on vis.social
mhoye

@vanderZwan These two posts are right next to each other on my screen. @jenn is ahead of the curve, as usual.
30 Aug 2023 at 21:02 | Open on mastodon.social
Job

@mhoye @jenn can I pretend I was actually reacting to her?

30 Aug 2023 at 21:33 | Open on vis.social
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