alt Hacker NewsI would like to propose something:
- problem: massive deluge of information because of AI
- solution: human beings should adopt a minimalist style of communicating in writing.
- e.g. this entire website page can be ten bullet points.
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While I agree with the spirit, I don't think the solution to bad prose is slightly less bad prose. We can write good prose instead.
In my opinion: the only way forward is zero-knowledge-proof authenticated social media.
We can’t have legitimate debate if we have to assume a few bad actors are cloning their voice by the thousands, poisoning debate.
If we can pin one account to a real person, we won’t get rid of LLM-content and misinformation, but at least we can hold them accountable.
it takes more effort to write with conciseness
Judging by how my nieces and nephews text this has already happened!
hell yeah
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There's a famous Pascal quote, "I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter."
Communicating an idea concisely is difficult. Most people struggle to get ideas across at all, asking them to do it well with fewer words is often out of reach.