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usonian

(19,369 posts) Sat Jul 19, 2025, 12:25 AM Jul 19

Ted Gioia, "The Honest Broker" says We (the ordinary folk) Are Winning against AI. What?

Something has changed in the last few days.
Ted Gioia
Jul 18, 2025

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/we-are-winning

Very short quote here, check it out in full.

The widespread mockery of the fake AI band Velvet Sundown might have been the turning point. This blew up in the last few days, and left AI promoters reeling.
This part is interesting as heck. It includes a Velvet Sundown video (WARNING, Tramp Content) and a takedown of it on YouTube (13,394 comments).

The garbage hasn’t disappeared. It’s still everywhere, stinking up the joint.

But people are disgusted, and finally pushing back. And they are doing so with such fervor that even the biggest AI companies are now getting nervous and pulling back.

Just consider this surprising headline:

This was stunning news. YouTube is part of the biggest AI slop promoter of them all—namely the Google/Alphabet empire. How can they possibly abandon AI garbage? Their bosses are the biggest slopmasters of them all. After this shocking news reverberated through the creative economy, YouTube started to backtrack. They said that they would not punish every AI video—some can still be monetized.

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Only the worst? I'm not hanging around YT to find out.

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Ted Gioia, "The Honest Broker" says We (the ordinary folk) Are Winning against AI. What? (Original Post) usonian Jul 19 OP

Thanks for posting that new Ted Gioia piece, usonian! I hope to God we're winning. I've been highplainsdem Jul 19 #1

Velvet Sundown? That was beyond weird. usonian Jul 19 #2

highplainsdem

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1. Thanks for posting that new Ted Gioia piece, usonian! I hope to God we're winning. I've been

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 01:19 AM

Jul 19

doing what I can for 2-1/2 years to warn people against AI, and although more and more people do see how harmful it is, some are still deluded and dazzled by it.

usonian

(19,369 posts)

2. Velvet Sundown? That was beyond weird.

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 01:49 AM

Jul 19

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The late post is not so effective. Maybe needs a kick tomorrow. I post 'em when I find 'em or I forget.

OTOH, found this.

People With Body Dysmorphia Are Spiraling Out After Asking AI to Rate Their Looks

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/body-dysmorphia-ai-chatbots-1235388108/

Arggghhhh. Why are people trusting machines with personal stuff?

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