I’m certain I’m not alone in noticing the current proliferation of articles lamenting the approaching (or, certainly, already taking place) destruction of the net as we all know it, due largely to the inflow of AI-generated content material. For essentially the most half, I share their pessimism. It’s onerous to not see the devaluation of human content material as something however a destructive.
However within the face of all this gloom, I believe it’s essential to outline not simply what we don’t need from the net, however what we do. I put a few of these ideas into phrases and created a manifesto for what I assume is a greater imaginative and prescient for the net. It’s loads of stuff that many people care about tremendously anyway, and are attempting to place into observe every day. To me, it’s good to have a spot I can go to to remind myself of what’s essential, why we do what we do, and the way we will try for a greater net. It’s one thing of a piece in progress — a digital backyard if you’ll, which I count on to alter over time. It comes from a spot of hope.
