Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

In general people fear change and historically people were skeptical of the invention of electricity, cars, the ability to land on the moon. I grew up without email, the Internet, and cable wasn't a thing. Now people can't imagine what that even looks like. If history has taught us anything, it's that we will adapt. As for whether advertisers should disclose using AI, I think we just need to start assuming at some point everyone will be using it. Great article! I remember that 1995 holidays are coming campaign. After 30 years, one would hope there would be significant advancements in the world. 🌎

Expand full comment
Rebecca Dugas's avatar

New technology often generates fear, skepticism, and distrust until it becomes normalized. The rise of generative AI is no different.

Google's stance on AI-generated content is the same as for human-generated content: It should be high quality, original, and helpful to the reader.

The fiction authors I know who are using AI in their creative process also report that their readers don't seem to care if AI is used or not; as long as the story is good and well-told, they're happy.

I believe that surveys of consumers today reveal both ignorance but also manipulated bias against the use of AI, but that in real-use situations, it doesn't matter as much.

And the surveys will likely change over time as AI content becomes more widely adopted and society in general starts to appreciate its utility as a co-creative partner.

Expand full comment
13 more comments...

No posts