Don't numb yourself to an unease you can't pinpoint
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And the longer you sort of deny that, that sort of, that internal feeling you have, you numb yourself to it.
Episode 236: No Nancy Here (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:38:55 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Dave thinks the AI content flood is partly meant to make us comfortable with it. He compares it to a new acquaintance who unsettles you for no reason you can name. The longer you deny that internal feeling, the more you numb yourself to it, and sometimes you later find out the feeling was right.
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Episode 234: Slopcasting (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:23:05 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
Us being bombarded with it is training us to be desensitized to the feeling of the uncanny Valley so that we just accept it as normal.
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