| A.I. vs single interest communities Posted by Mark A at 11:17, 25th June 2025 |     |
Something that made me think of the coffeeshop.
I think AI is going to eventually tank in the longterm, but...
the only real way to combat this is single-interest communities. Forums, user comms, etc, with a barrier to entry. They become trustable knowledgebases. It's really the only way forward is to return to what worked best the first time
Source (and thread...)
https://bsky.app/profile/jametc.bsky.social/post/3lsepss7l7s2x
Mark
| Re: A.I. vs single interest communities Posted by grahame at 07:28, 26th April 2026 | |
Here's a picture. It's AI. From here on Facebook, and the commentary with it.
I am posting this against my better nature, but I really want you all to see what we - who try and record Island railway history accurately - are up against in this AI age.
This total fabrication has appeared on a non local to the Island railway group, with a lengthy caption extolling the virtues of Ventnor Station. In other words, the poster totally believes it to be Ventnor. In future people will see this and also believe it to be Ventnor.
This total fabrication has appeared on a non local to the Island railway group, with a lengthy caption extolling the virtues of Ventnor Station. In other words, the poster totally believes it to be Ventnor. In future people will see this and also believe it to be Ventnor.
I note a follow up:
You are of course 100% right. All the 2000 plus Rail Thing and associated groups have a no AI policy but of course it’s hard to stop them all.
How do we stand on the Coffee Shop? We have already somewhat discussed this - over 100 messages on the Coffee Shop match " AI " - some of them in our none-public areas. But worth a re-iteration:
If something is very clearly marked, even for the "scan reader" then AI images are allowed. A small footnote on the base of a long piece of text saying "images are illustrative to show what we are describing" is NOT, to me, "very clearly marked".
| Re: A.I. vs single interest communities Posted by Oxonhutch at 09:04, 26th April 2026 | |
If that was Ventnor station, down by the beach, it might have survived through to today.
