Post #311202
2026-02-13 09:02 UTC
Replies (21)
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@gisgeek@floss.social 2026-02-13 10:08
@sjn@chaos.social The use of AI is not relevant for quality. One produces good or bad products with or without AI use. It is definitely dependent on the human side, whether or not her/his homework is done. Let me say that I saw shitty code produced by humans and AI, as well as good enough code.
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@Leendaal@rollenspiel.social 2026-02-13 13:42
@sjn@chaos.social i mean in the end this is not about the actual result just about a signal ai in general IS error prone because it has to be. So quality control aside, someone decided to go for an error prone production process and a large quantity of product both these things signal a lower production quality. And no single individual cared enough to do it themselves. For art, for me art is a human expression, ai automaticallly fails. Can it create pleasing images or the like sure. Doesn't matter.
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@Bigfood@social.tchncs.de 2026-02-13 15:14
@sjn@chaos.social I'm not in to art, only listening to music. I would notice the difference between a AI picture or a human made one, if there are no bad errors like 6 fingers on one hand. There is a AI band, except mastering everything is done by the AI, trained by humans on contract. The songs are good enough for me to store on my phone. As far as I got the LLM stuff, everything depends on the prompt. ATM LLMs are only a better search engine for me, but only used if normal search isn't getting me the results in searching for.
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@WooShell@chaosfurs.social 2026-02-13 15:40
@sjn@chaos.social I don't necessarily expect lower quality, but I do at the very least know that creative rights have been violated in creating it, so I would be less inclined to buy/use it.
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@buherator@infosec.place 2026-02-13 16:18
@sjn@chaos.social Assuming by AI we mean LLMs, this stamp would essentially say "no one cared to think this through".
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@g_boccia@mastodon.uno 2026-02-13 16:21
@sjn@chaos.social Even it the real quality of the product/service was the same, it generally means that it is less interesting
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@reay@beige.party 2026-02-13 16:25
@sjn@chaos.social @cstross@wandering.shop I understand some publishers are now marking AI-made books with a mention/logo(?) inside the cover. Guess who’s got two thumbs and won’t be buying AI generated books.
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@ulf@mastodon.nz 2026-02-13 18:08
@sjn@chaos.social I’m torn, because although in general I’d assume the “made with AI” suggested lesser quality, I have seen a lot of tat made by humans where quality was not a consideration at all…
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@hiisikoloart@writing.exchange 2026-02-13 19:49
@sjn@chaos.social AI stamp means it was made with stolen art, excessively used resources, greed, and money of billionare facists. It is void of all meaning, effort, or human element. It is so deep below anything human made that the closest word that I can think of for that place is "abyss" and even that is too kind. Anyone with a soul and human desency should avoid it and trash that slop the second they see it. Support human artists - always.
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@cavanholi@kind.social 2026-02-13 19:52
@sjn@chaos.social heck, if the made with AI product is cheaper, I'm still getting the other one. just like I get books from bookstore.org even when they are more expensive than amazon's
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@Noisecolor@toot.community 2026-02-13 21:28
@sjn@chaos.social That's a silly and pointless poll. Of course it's not the same quality. It's like asking if people think a 5k€ suit worked on by a tailor for two weeks is the same, better or worse quality than a 50€ from HM . What do you think? Point of automatization is producing products at speed and price for the quality that is good enough. Not quality alone.
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@Lapizistik@social.tchncs.de 2026-02-13 22:05
@sjn@chaos.social This is multi-dimensional. Quality itself is not one-dimensional and “higher” quality is not the only reason to choose what to buy. Than AI is much more than using generative LLMs. For example cancer detection with machine learning based image evaluation has very high success rates, so I would very much follow its advise (if used by a domain expert). And even generative AI used by an expert as a tool can be great. On the other hand I may want to pay an artist but not an AI company for some image of same “quality”. And then there is: if an AI can produce it its value will not increase in time while it is from a famous artist it may (see →Benjamin, aura). There is all the ethical aspects. And… And this only got me started.
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@muhanga@mastodon.social 2026-02-13 23:47
@sjn@chaos.social which one would I buy? The quality of the product do not equate to using AI or not using it. But using AI equate to labor exploitation on the bigger scale. And quite probably signal about other unethical practices of the people in the management (or other) chains of the product. So given the choice I would spend my money on the one without the sticker.
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@trianderror@kanoa.de 2026-02-14 07:47
@sjn@chaos.social “When AI is mentioned, it tends to lower emotional trust, which in turn decreases purchase intentions,” he said. [...] “We tested the effect across eight different product and service categories, and the results were all the same: it’s a disadvantage to include those kinds of terms in the product descriptions,” Cicek said. 🤔 https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2024/07/30/using-the-term-artificial-intelligence-in-product-descriptions-reduces-purchase-intentions/
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@smithb@aus.social 2026-02-14 09:09
@sjn@chaos.social Not a universal rule, but common enough, IMHO: The people and companies that *talk about* using AI are the ones who are over-using it and are far more likely to produce low quality products. AI (both the broader universe of AI/ML and specifically LLMs) very much have good and valuable use cases. But they're tools, not panaceas. No one writes "made with Excel" on products even though many (most?) are to at least some degree - because it's merely one of many tools in the toolbox.
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@woozle@toot.cat 2026-02-14 16:15
@sjn@chaos.social I put "no difference" because it would depend a lot on the context and how I'm evaluating "quality" -- but I think in today's environment and in most contexts, I would tend to be significantly more leery of something where the maker thinks "made with AI" is a selling-point. If it was more, say, honesty in advertising (e.g. a future where this is a required disclosure), then my evaluation would depend much more on other factors (though for now, it's still a flag against).
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@ohennig@mastodon.nu 2026-02-14 17:19
@sjn@chaos.social i wouldn’t necessarily say lower quality as much as ”if you can’t bother putting an effort in making this, why would I bother paying attention?”
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@mcr314@todon.nl 2026-02-15 19:10
@sjn@chaos.social The one with the "Made with #AI" mark has no copyright, so you can just make as many copies as you like. It has no value, thus any price on it is nonsense.
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@rozeboosje@masto.ai 2026-02-15 20:41
@sjn@chaos.social "Quality" doesn't even enter the equation when it's AI. Similar to how pseudoscientific nonsense is said to be "not even wrong".
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@Virginicus@universeodon.com 2026-02-16 00:44
@sjn@chaos.social AI is like a screw-top wine bottle. It doesn’t have to mean low quality, but it certainly means the producer was cutting costs in a way that’s associated with lower quality.
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@hopland@snabelen.no 2026-02-16 11:24
@sjn@chaos.social rn rn? The third. In the future? The 2nd & maybe eventually the 1st.