So Google/Alphabet/whatever announced this new “filmmaking” tool Google released- “Flow”
I checked out the example video’s and was like yeah this is a great new “content slop” generator-
I’ve been playing with slop generators myself
BUT this mockup “TV” channel really creeped me out 👀 Check it out.
Why do I think its creepy?
Because it’s pointing to the future for “content” addicts- the masses of people who have become physically addicted to “consuming content” in apps/systems that are designed to manipulate their biochemistry- in effect, turning them into screen swiping addicts/junkies that can’t control themselves-
It’s creepy because that “TV” mockup points to a future of a literally endless stream of “content” that will be personally tailored to a “content” junkies personal preferences, fetishes, world view etc
Their personal “content slop stream” let’s call it - will evolve in realtime as it will be generated in realtime based on what the algo knows about them from all the various types of data that is collected about them- from the physical device they are watching on itself as well as all the other data sources available from their browsing/viewing habits etc-
It will say everything they want in the way they want it-
It will show them the world they want in the way they want it-
It will be a mirror that will reflect images of themself in the way they want-
It will be an echo-chamber and a fetish chamber-
They will physically be unable to look away- it will be like a heroin addict being unable to remove the needle that is actively releasing the heroin into their arm- but this content slop stream heroin drip will never run out 👀
If you think I’m exaggerating maybe you haven’t seen warnings like this from people who have built some of these systems? And it has only gotten worse/accelerated since then as it makes that $$$
So yeah the creators of these things know what they are doing and how destructive it is but they are as Sean Parker says in the above clip- they are “doing it anyway”
As soon as it stopped being art and it became “content”- it would eventually be made by machines as machines cannot create art BUT they can churn out “content” faster and better than any human or groups of human alive- and that they will do- much to the delight of the hapless and unknowing “content” addicts-
THIS IS THE BEST CONTENT!
I ENJOY THIS CONTENT IMMENSELY! THIS CONTENT IS PERFECT CONTENT FOR ME!
Shiiiiiiiit- FUCK YOUR “CONTENT” 🤣