Dan Houser went off about generative AI again while doing press rounds for his new book, and this time, he is going after the people hyping it up instead of the tech itself. He told Virgin Radio UK that the executives pushing AI as some kind of creativity replacement are not exactly the most creative or human people around, and they are basically pretending they understand humanity better than actual creatives do.
Houser thinks the whole AI thing is going to crash because the models keep scraping the internet for training data, but the internet is getting flooded with AI-generated garbage. He compared it to feeding cows with cow parts and getting mad cow disease, which is pretty brutal but makes sense. He said the tech will handle some specific tasks well, but is not going to magically replace humans across the board, and people with actual talent will be fine while it just pushes out cheap, mediocre content.
Houser thinks the whole AI thing is going to crash because the models keep scraping the internet for training data, but the internet is getting flooded with AI-generated garbage. He compared it to feeding cows with cow parts and getting mad cow disease, which is pretty brutal but makes sense. He said the tech will handle some specific tasks well, but is not going to magically replace humans across the board, and people with actual talent will be fine while it just pushes out cheap, mediocre content.
