@GergelyOrosz: I remember when LinkedIn was encouraging AI slop: initially it meant more content + more views. They are now trying to …
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Gergely Orosz discusses LinkedIn's shift from encouraging AI-generated content to attempting to remove it, citing an example of an AI influencer that rapidly gained followers and views.
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I remember when LinkedIn was encouraging AI slop: initially it meant more content + more views. They are now trying to hunt down and remove AI content - probably because it’s now hurting them.
I expect social media networks will soon hunt+ban unattributed AI “influencers”
Olivia Moore (@omooretweets): I made an AI influencer who got 1,200 followers and 1M views in a week - on less than $200.
My stack:
- Image gen/editing: @ChatGPT
- Script / prompts: @ChatGPT
- Sound effects: @ElevenLabs
- Talking videos: @MiniMax_AI
- Action videos: @imagine
- Video gen: @krea_ai + @fal
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