This reminds me of how platforms like YouTube have changed over time. Originally a space for independent creators to share their work with the public, with few restrictions or parameters, it has now become a game of pandering to the algorithm. As we've discussed in class, YouTube has become one of the primary tools used for things like the alt-right pipeline. It has become an echo chamber, because of how YouTube has changed its delivery methods. The pressures creators are under to pander to specific streams of consumers has synthesized (especially political) content into two streams, as nuance depletes. Part of this problem began with the need to please advertisers, so as not to get demonetized, then continued as YouTube changed its delivery methods.

This is also applicable to a person's likeness. AI uses images of people on the internet, who may not know that have given consent, to create images of new people. This creates a threat to jobs like acting or modeling. The potential use of a person's image, posted to the internet via Instagram or Facebook, in an AI prompts, without the person's consent is a common fear. It poses a threat to individual people, as well as the future validity of things like photo evidence.

I'm curious about what this could look like. Considering the wide variety of factors that have rendered AI a problematic tool, what policies could be put in place to reduce harm enough? Will greed always interfere with good intention, even if a solution is found eventually?