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Jakob Nielsen is betting it all on gen AI (web.archive.org)
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This is not so much about a particular post but rather to document Jakob Nielsen's relentless generative AI boosting.

His weekly updates are so saturated with AI subject matter and every image is AI generated they are unreadable and I can only assume the text is AI generated as well. It really doesn't matter if it isn't, in fact, because he's demonstrating in real-time how damaging the AI aesthetic is to a brand.

He also seems to be mentioning his 40 years of expertise a lot more, which might be a reaction to some negative feedback. I want to dig deeper, but I don't like the feeling that I'll have to read generated stuff carefully.

His latest newsletter triggered this post because he links to a terrible AI generated song he made (with the line "Jakob Nielsen with UX fame, forty-one years, still in the game") and spends most of the newsletter talking about the process.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYt12jr5yUY

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[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

one of the key goals of AI-generated songs is to populate the long tail of domain-specific content

I'm so glad I have no idea what this means because it's surely stupid and awful.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If I were to guess (shoot me if I’m mansplaining) he’s suggesting we use AI in cultural niches to generate content. i.e. the thing where AI doofuses think it’s cool to automate the fun parts of human experience out of our hands.

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 8 points 10 months ago (4 children)

You know you’ve done bad when you create the conditions for “got to give him credit for putting the work in” to this guy https://youtu.be/JZYZoQQ6LJQ

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I hate that you linked that and I hate that I clicked on it.

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But you have to give him credit for putting the work in

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 10 months ago

the comments on that video are exceptionally cringe

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 6 points 10 months ago

fuck yeah

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

i lasted 27 seconds

[–] carlitoscohones@awful.systems 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Skip to 1:03 for a second ... this is the super-fast lyric portion of the video. Saying all of those syllables fast causes Mr. street-sounding rap guy to lose his accent code-switch and for that verse he sounds like a generic white guy. Pretty funny actually.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 10 months ago

i'll pass thanks

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He made a mil on pocket change

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 10 months ago

Ah, easy mistake to make: it’s a mill on pocket change

Teensy tiny model mill, on a stand of pocket change! Adorbs

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 5 points 10 months ago

Thanks, hate it. Amazing how much of it is just either 'im rich!' or 'buzzword'.

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 11 points 10 months ago

I like playing with these generative models but they're strictly for making weird pictures and stupid songs. Seeing the usage these very serious people make of it it's like they're looking into Fisher-Price hardware for the office.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 9 points 10 months ago

spam, spam, spam