More discussion related to this:

https://thomasrigby.com/posts/re-are-we-becoming-too-paranoi...

https://lazybea.rs/re-are-we-becoming-too-paranoid-about-ai-...

https://noisydeadlines.net/a-few-strong-opinions-about-ai

https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/not-paranoid-but-respectful/

Some of them are simply shills/bots deployed by companies.

Netflix, YouTube, Amazon, and others at first were incentivized to call AI video slop, but now that Netflix bought Ben Aflec’s AI FX studio they will probably embrace it.

The individuals who publicly speak against the technology are sadly confused little men.

I don't know if this is sort of a nerds vs normies argument, but sometimes I think we get stuck on AI and not the simpler ideas it represents.

Things are easier to validate in person so there's a sense you understand the context. If you go to a painting club because you want to learn how to paint better, and someone or someone(s) show up with photography instead. You don't hate photographers you're just there to do a specific thing. Or say a club that uses traditional woodworking tools. You may not hate power tools or the people who use them, but they're not invited to the club.

I wonder if all the noise is around a need for better tools. Some level of consternation is good to signal that there is a problem in need of a solution. Hopefully there are solutions to this that aren't too invasive, but I think the counter-argument that it's wrong to have a like preference for human generated content is like - I think it should be ok to want to try and specifically define what a community is for.