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i'm on Team Humans. Will the tell-tales of human authenticity and quality increase in value as a result?  i.e. friction by design & cost signaling be appreciated > raw output?  #Artificial Intelligence 

The Medium is the Message

Artificial Intelligence

i'm on Team Humans. Will the tell-tales of human authenticity and quality increase in value as a result?  i.e. friction by design & cost signaling be appreciated > raw output?  #Artificial Intelligence  The Medium is the Message The real and imagined dangers of AI https://rushkoff.medium.com/the-medium-is-the-message-fbf83929127

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Meta has flooded its social media platforms with artificial intelligence. Soon enough, Meta AI will be everywhere: In your Facebook news feed, Instagram search bar, and even your conversations with friends on Messenger. The company’s Llama 3 large language model is also perhaps the most powerful open-source model on the market (though its openness is an ongoing debate). Meta is flexing its muscle and betting that AI ubiquity will actually improve user experience. 

So far, at least, that looks like a misguided bet.

The Meta AI experience has so far been a spam-filled one. Nowhere is that clearer than on Instagram where the search function, once a place to look up a friend’s account, now exists seemingly to usher users into conversation with a chatbot. “Ask Meta AI anything” it now reads in my search bar. Um, no. I just want to look up my dog’s daycare to see if they posted any pictures of her.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91113437/ai-making-meta-apps-basically-unusable?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Meta has flooded its social media platforms with artificial intelligence. Soon enough, Meta AI will be everywhere: In your Facebook news feed, Instagram search bar, and even your conversations with friends on Messenger. The company’s Llama 3 large language model is also perhaps the most powerful open-source model on the market (though its openness is an ongoing debate). Meta is flexing its muscle and betting that AI ubiquity will actually improve user experience.   So far, at least, that looks like a misguided bet.  The Meta AI experience has so far been a spam-filled one. Nowhere is that clearer than on Instagram where the search function, once a place to look up a friend’s account, now exists seemingly to usher users into conversation with a chatbot. “Ask Meta AI anything” it now reads in my search bar. Um, no. I just want to look up my dog’s daycare to see if they posted any pictures of her.  https://www.fastcompany.com/91113437/ai-making-meta-apps-basically-unusable?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

If Meta thinks that users are craving more AI, they’re ignoring the fact that the Facebook and Instagram experience is already full of AI.

AI is making Meta’s apps basically unusable

I’m Sam, I’m the curriculum director at Gregorio Perfecto High School in Manila, Philippines. I’ve been an educator and administrator for just over 25 years. Our school is spending a good amount on edtech, but I don’t feel like we’re getting the most out of it. I’d love to learn from everyone what is working for them. Thanks!

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