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Jonah Peretti, Who Filled BuzzFeed With AI Slop, Now Says AI Is Threatening Human Agency
Buy-n-Shoot NewsAfter a disastrous pivot to generative AI content, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti has seemingly had enough of all the ragebait, clickbait, and fake news. Peretti, who proudly announced in May 2023 that AI will "replace the majority of static content," and gloated that its AI-generated content is outperforming its pesky human employees, has seemingly turned another leaf. In a rambling blog post, Peretti argued that a "future where AI takes away our human agency, devalues our labor, and creates social discord" is already here, squarely pointing the finger at tech companies, who coerced the media into producing a flood of […]
