The information pollution from generative AI is going to cost us even more. Someone watched an old Bruce Lee interview and they didnt know if it was AI or demonstration of actual human capability. People on Reddit are asking if Pitbull actually went to Alaska or if it’s AI. We’re going to lose so much of our past because “Unusual event that Actually happened” or “AI clickbait” are indistinguishable.
What's worse is that there was never any public debate about if this was a good idea or not. It was just released. If there was ever a good reason to not trust the judgement of some of these groups, this is it. I generally don't like regulation, but at this point I am OK with criminal charges being on the table for AI executives who release models and applications with such low value and absurdly high societal cost without public debate.
When was the last time you saw a public debate on some technology before it was "just released"?