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52232 author: jensorensen@mastodon.social 14 Sep 2024 16:54
tags: #ai #cartoon #comic #cows #internet #tech #technology

Latest comic: AI gone MAD

AI GONE MAD

1. AI has been feeding on the creative efforts of humans for a while.

We provide "grass" for this hungry digital bovine. Shown: pixelated cow labeled COWGPT

2. But as the internet increasingly becomes filled with AI-generated content, AI is consuming itself.

Researchers at Rice University have compared the resulting data corruption to mad cow disease, spread by cows eating other cows.

Cow eating ground up cow with hoof sticking out

3. They say "without enough fresh real data, future generative models are doomed to madness." (Model Autophagy Disorder)

Cows eating other cows, devolving into multiple legged three eyed AI cows

4. Is this really the dream of the future? A diseased digital brain full of misfolded data prions leading us to certain death?

1990s - Woman using Netscape Navigator: The whole world is connected!

Soon - Waking away from laptop as frothing cow emerges from screen: I think I'll read a book.