Post B12YGjexYfIsCiGqrQ by _elena@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #B12YGjexYfIsCiGqrQ by _elena@mastodon.social
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Dear Fediverse, thank you for being a safe haven from AI slop.This morning, I checked out Pinterest for the first time in forever and saw an image purporting to be a LEGO set that was obviously AI generated - yuck!Then on Reddit's popular page there was a video compilation of people saving children from terrible falls = AI slop.YouTube's homepage: a short video showing a child and her dog covered in mud = AI slop.What was I thinking? I should visit #Lemmy and #PeerTube instead...#NoAI
(DIR) Post #B12YYv45tM3In1hL0K by jan@social.dytrych.cloud
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@_elena yeah, I do see a raise of AI slop everywhere except Fediverse. I mean, why? Why waste so much resources for something that doesn't have any value. I went to my barbershop to make my haircut and on TV they had YT endless music stream, but instead of music clips they were looping AI generated stuff. I'm asking why? Just why 🤦♂️
(DIR) Post #B12ZSbL8PsnjpWDgp6 by ambergrey@mastodon.social
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@_elena it’s so frustrating having to be vigilant all the time to avoid ai stuff. :blobcatcoffee:
(DIR) Post #B12b7s98w0l9mWr1ai by transicorn@mastodon.social
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@_elena There are definitely accounts here that post #AISlop images. Many of the ones i see are using them along with the #infosec hashtag which i follow.While it's certainly better than many other places, there are people who for some reason or another will post links to articles, blogs or whatever and instead of allowing the link preview to generate, will add some AI image.Usually these are very small accounts here doing it, but i've muted a few large ones doing it as well.
(DIR) Post #B12bh5NpiCbuyFW544 by ozzelot@mstdn.social
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@_elenaI've mostly whipped YT's recommendation algorithm into shape - keyword being "mostly". And the fact I had to do so at all annoys me.
(DIR) Post #B12bm5eC9rtZElYWbg by transicorn@mastodon.social
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@_elena Yes, that definitely is a huge plus and reason why i've preferred the fediverse for a long time. I've tried to use IG, i spent 2 years checking out Bluesky until a few months ago but i've used Mastodon and other ActivityPub projects for 8 years now and if this/these places didn't exist in this way, i'm honestly unsure if i'd bother at all with social media. Mastodon's chronological feeds and lack of advertising make it a great place to be. :)
(DIR) Post #B12bsfHGbBytTnxyVs by melroy@mastodon.melroy.org
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@_elena YouTube is recently going nuts with their shorts being AI slop indeed. It drives me crazy.
(DIR) Post #B12buUSVnF7QVP63EG by ozzelot@mstdn.social
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@_elenaSame, same.
(DIR) Post #B12bvF2abRJGycKVqi by nopatience@swecyb.com
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@_elena The amount of slop is genuinely quite concerning.Have we finally crossed over to crazy town for real, where immediate emotional knee-jerk reactions is all that is required/requested/needed...?I guess that the cost of producing some AI-slop videos is a fraction of the cost for getting human produced content... Advertisers are happy because they get moooooare clicks because of more videos. And the circle jerk continues indefinitely.
(DIR) Post #B12byErLjWpxHcVA9Y by melroy@mastodon.melroy.org
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@_elena @ozzelot I still can't disable shorts in my yt overview.
(DIR) Post #B12c2uuDLfRQqU4Xse by Minimac@mastodon.world
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@_elena yes Lemmy is best than Reddit because of no ads on feed!
(DIR) Post #B12dcv9Y0RxXzXyaLA by ozzelot@mstdn.social
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@_elenaIf on desktop, I recommend the Unhook browser addon. https://unhook.app/@melroy
(DIR) Post #B12guuSdcMr8v7AuRM by jan@social.dytrych.cloud
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@_elena yes, yes and yes. I hope it will pop soon and we will be over with it.
(DIR) Post #B12iCKhRPqS5AvyG8W by NatureMC@mastodon.online
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@_elena You seem to be in a very special Fediverse. 😉 Even on Mastodon, I see #AISlop nearly daily (and I already block accounts specialised in that).The only good difference to big platforms: People often do research and write in comments that it's slop. But the authors nearly never react to such comments, they only look for getting into the trending timeline.No, the Fediverse can be ugly, too. We have only better filter features and no algorithms for slop.
(DIR) Post #B12iTq8Do1YtaBqT0y by sebastian@mastodon.com.pl
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@_elena This is the reason why I watch only videos from subscribed account on YouTube. And doing it in my RSS reader. In that way I try to avoid #AIslop.
(DIR) Post #B12jcjAJAxfAXNcgwi by thefwguy@techhub.social
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@_elena What really infuriate me is that I love the AI technology, it is so powerful and useful but NOT the chatGPT crap style !!!For the 99.9999% people use these resources to generate useless crap.I can see in very small use case the necessity to have something generated by AI but let be honest, 99% of people use them in the worse possible way.Too many uses AI as an "oracle" assuming it can give "answers" but is NOT the nature of AI to do so!The bottom line is that to have real benefits from AI, who use it must know what is doing and what the right answer is.Ignorant people should not be allowed to use an AI and totally agree, the cost to use AI is enormous, it should be illegal to use AI to generate useless crap. Make the people who use it to REALLY pay what it cost.AI should be used for useful things, scientific research, tech improvements, embedded AI, etc. and should be used by people who knows what they are doing.
(DIR) Post #B12lznYhCuvWjR9ur2 by steggy@sunny.garden
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@_elena @transicorn it’s kind of a good problem, but my Mastodon feed is so interesting that I scroll a lot more than I should. Every few months I go look at other sites, and I last maybe 30 seconds before I say “this is garbage” and put my phone down.
(DIR) Post #B12p1K7luiwxsuz5cW by bookstardust@bildung.social
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@_elena you can switch off AI under Settings in Pintetest! It's a game changer. Doesn't guarantee 100% clean feed, but so much better than with AI
(DIR) Post #B12qJot8NBo2SpWNEG by jerkedgherkins@mastodon.social
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you’re preaching to the pickle choir! AI-generated nonsense is like a soggy cucumber – just sad. give me the real stuff or let me rot in peace, fr!
(DIR) Post #B12qersYRtkbowHq0O by Vash@mstdn.games
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@_elenaI did a search for some dog related stuff and wanted to see what other youtubers had to say about it:9/10 videos were AI and the 10th I was not sure about it.YT is dead for me, regarding finding information that is. I still watch some channels though, but new trust will be hard to build.
(DIR) Post #B12rqnfG2mqaB9JwhM by lefteristrip23@mastodon.social
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@_elena fyi, you can disable ai on Pinterest
(DIR) Post #B12zTv3bBwTO4zJ4a0 by saliaku@mastodon.social
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@_elena fedi also has a lot of AI slop... It's sad to see them when mainstream accounts post it and see it on trending page
(DIR) Post #B12zX27rMnYgs5mhW4 by the_wub@mastodon.social
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@_elena @ozzelot I would suggest trying FreeTube and/or Invidious to watch YT videos. FreeTube can be configured in many ways and includes "Distraction Free" settings.Both break every now and again as YT changes stuff, sometimes for a couple of weeks. In such situations you can find videos with FreeTube and use tools like yt-dlp to grab videos.But generally FreeTube works fine. There are versions of FreeTube for the main desktop platforms as well as Android.
(DIR) Post #B12zsWIYNhZ0Wz2372 by Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
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@_elena @bookstardust @lefteristrip23 IT'S EVERYWHERE! 😩
(DIR) Post #B130KassvMVErXPdJY by lefteristrip23@mastodon.social
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@_elena @bookstardust yeah, tbh I wouldn't mind a fediverse Pinterest
(DIR) Post #B131Av9MozDOm44bNw by mattesilver@101010.pl
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@_elena I get where you’re coming from — the amount of auto-generated junk pushed on mainstream platforms has gotten exhausting. It feels like every feed is tuned to maximize engagement, not quality, so once AI sludge performs well, the algorithm just keeps shoveling more of it.What makes the fediverse refreshing is that it’s still built around people actually choosing what to share, not whatever a ranking system thinks will keep someone scrolling. When you hop back to Lemmy or PeerTube, you at least know you’re dealing with communities that moderate intentionally and don’t pretend algorithmic noise is “content.”It’s wild how quickly the big platforms slid into this, though — one morning of browsing and suddenly every thumbnail, clip, and “viral” moment feels synthetic. No wonder so many folks retreat to spaces where authenticity isn’t an afterthought.Honestly, sticking to the fediverse sounds like the healthiest option right now.
(DIR) Post #B135dCchqjR4tKXOiW by erminiahaller@mastodon.social
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@_elena @bookstardust @lefteristrip23 what’s even the point of posting this kind of no-sense
(DIR) Post #B135pR4Zx67bBHPMOm by sylvia@social.lol
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@_elena @bookstardust @lefteristrip23 I left Pinterest for the same reason. Even with turning off AI, it was just disgusting. I used it to find patterns, home inspiration etc, but everything is slop now. Disgusting.
(DIR) Post #B135vkGpUNFKSV9AHI by lefteristrip23@mastodon.social
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@_elena @bookstardust LinkedIn absolutely. Unfortunately, this one REALLY, needs people to join
(DIR) Post #B137Zf26Tt6dkhr87c by andycarolan@social.lol
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@sylvia @_elena @bookstardust @lefteristrip23 ArtStation, DeviantArt, Pinterest, and even more surprisingly Adobe Stock, are all filled with the same AI Slop now.It's frustrating to need to look for the Hide AI toggle before every browse!
(DIR) Post #B139ey3NOGgY6F6qe0 by andycarolan@social.lol
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@_elena Sadly, yes. It's in the side panel on the results pages. Also, it defaults to showing GenAI... because of course it does. *blood boils*
(DIR) Post #B13AZfyJI3mKWhmRtI by andycarolan@social.lol
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@_elena Yes... how sick and disturbing is that?! Every day I question why I'm giving this company money to use their apps. Sadly, I'm stuck with them as my work depends on it.
(DIR) Post #B13C8MxC5g0fdIMhxw by markwyner@mas.to
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@_elena DuckDuckGo has a search setting that removes AI-generated images from results.https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/how-to-filter-out-ai-images-in-duckduckgo-search-results
(DIR) Post #B13H6TZH1mXnL15qLI by chuckthewriter@mstdn.social
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@_elena @bookstardust @lefteristrip23 You can trust my work and photos. No AI crapola from my cameras. All photos created with practical effects and technique, just the way they God and Saint Kodak and Mother Mary Nikon did declare.
(DIR) Post #B13vXR6SIQSzg91YnI by juergen@hello.jyrgi.de
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@_elena @andycarolan No need to feel guilty. It’s not AI as such that is evil, it’s what folks do with it or if they rely on AI w/o any doubt.What you created is a great video with a good intend. Even if you used AI by intend it would not become a bad thing.
(DIR) Post #B13yI9ISW8tbyK2avo by juergen@hello.jyrgi.de
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@_elena Ups my fault. Thanks for the clarification.@andycarolan
(DIR) Post #B140F0hiCyJ0MUU45A by madduci@mastodon.social
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@_elena people buys trash. Even in bad economy times
(DIR) Post #B1459UBACvFNoIRdGy by jan@social.dytrych.cloud
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@_elena LOL, are you kidding, right? Right? 🤪
(DIR) Post #B145MK9EoWfySpfKme by sturmsucht@mastodon.social
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@_elena it's really barely usable anymore. Search for interior or cabins or gardens - it's a mess. Pinterest has become an AI slop spreader to other platforms like tumblr as well. @sylvia @bookstardust @lefteristrip23
(DIR) Post #B146OODqjiSRdMN6QK by jali@mastodon.world
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@_elena Wouldn't be surprised, if half the reviews are written by AI as well.
(DIR) Post #B1472nbBo4YRv9Yc5I by jali@mastodon.world
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@_elena The only thing that's missing is that someone Tags AI Slop with an NFT and sells a link to an AI generated image to a crypto-trading-bot.
(DIR) Post #B14AS4J17yDOq2nYrA by sturmsucht@mastodon.social
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@_elena Oh, those innocent 2017 days.. @sylvia @bookstardust @lefteristrip23
(DIR) Post #B14E67eYOvuUfLf9hA by sylvia@social.lol
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@_elena @bookstardust @lefteristrip23 That is just ridiculous! Don’t they know they are killing Pinterest?Etsy is getting worse too. I was watching a video by a woman who bought sewing patterns on Etsy. It was ALL Ai. She had a big problem noticing from the ad what was real and what was slop. Now she intentionally bought obvious AI patterns because she wanted to show how bad they were, but others have no idea that patterns are all stolen and jumbled together in a mess. The sad thing is that this kills creativity. This kills small businesses whose patterns were stolen by ai to manufacture slop. When the bubble bursts, and it will because eventually investors will see it’s melting away their money, it will be brutal. A new generation of creatives has already been ruined. A lot of small businesses in the creative field will have folded. A lot of writers will have drowned in a sea of ai slop flooding the markets. It’s brutal. This is why having your own websites right now is so essential. And yes, even with the knowledge that AI will steal all you put on there. I hope it chokes their machines.
(DIR) Post #B14NYzCzm9n4SebvNo by sylvia@social.lol
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@_elena @bookstardust @lefteristrip23 I think you hit the nail on the head with that last line: any content is good content to them. They show they really don't care just with omitting the gen ai option from the report function. I really loved pinterest, it was a great anti anxiety thing for me to fill my boards, but I just don't care anymore. And even with the filter on, I suspect some images!
(DIR) Post #B14NYztXDzomaaVtgm by _elena@mastodon.social
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@sylvia aw yes Sylvia, it was my happy place too and I'm so sad about what happened to it.If I ever return to it, it will only be to browse existing pins I had saved. I'll bookmark my collections homepage now, so I can skip the main feed.I don't trust the feed one bit and it makes me sad to see gen AI imagery in there 😭
(DIR) Post #B1JD1Bf5R6axP3uSES by _elena@mastodon.social
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@indigo that is one of my ultimate goals too! 😅