"Artificial intelligence (AI) has been flooding our lives more and more over the last few years. And no matter how much the billionaires who own these AI companies continue to push the idea that it is inevitable and will help the common man, those effects have yet to be seen. Even millionaires like Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cam Heyward are not seeing any benefits. Young adults are seeing most of AI's impact in the form of social media marketing and TV advertisements."
"And what has become known as "AI slop" (some sort of image or video created by AI and shared on social media) has flooded the internet over the last few years. And you'd be hard-pressed to find many people who are loving this direction AI is taking us (apart from those billionaires). Heyward certainly isn't one of them if a recent rant on his podcast is anything to go by."
""I'd probably draw the line at the pictures. Me and my wife were looking through Instagram... and she's showing me an Instagram reel where the dog chooses the owner, and I'm like, 'Al, this is AI,'" Heyward said with a laugh, adding, "You can tell in the voices, and then if you really look, if you look behind, it's no face from anyone in the crowd. The scariest thing... I was like, 'Babe, it's not even real.' You have to pay attention to everything that's going around.""
AI adoption has accelerated across daily life, yet promised broad benefits have not materialized for many people. Young adults primarily encounter AI through social media marketing and TV advertisements rather than improvements in health or science. AI-generated images and videos, labeled by some as "AI slop," have proliferated online and often replace genuine creative work. High-profile individuals such as Cam Heyward report discomfort with lifelike AI videos and manipulated likenesses, noting deceptive voices and empty crowds. Some users employ AI tools like ChatGPT, but skepticism remains about overall positive impact and ethical limits for synthetic media.
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