If we extrapolate the capabilities of ChatGPT and other AIs into the future, the bar for "good content" will probably raise. At the same time, some of the originality that we see here might be lost. To find answers, we won't need to use Google Search and Stackoverflow anymore. Therefore we won't discover new pages that used to solve these problems, like personal blogs. The _need_ to write a personal blog might vanish completely. After all, nobody will ever find you and read you in the first place.
Which leaves me at this: What content remains? And what would you still like to read after AI content took over the Internet? Have you already noticed a change?
It is true that the advancements in artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, have significantly improved the quality and the accuracy of the generated content. However, this does not necessarily mean that all the originality and the creativity of human content will be lost. In fact, AI can also be used as a tool to enhance human content, by providing suggestions, recommendations, or inspiration.
Moreover, the need for personal blogs and other forms of human content will not vanish completely, because there are many aspects of human experience, such as emotions, values, or opinions, that cannot be fully captured or replicated by AI. Therefore, human content will still have its own unique value, and it will continue to be sought after, as long as it provides something that AI cannot, such as a personal perspective, a storytelling style, or a human connection.
In terms of the content that will remain, it will probably be a mix of both human and AI content, depending on the context and the purpose. For example, for factual or technical information, AI content might be more reliable and efficient, but for personal or creative content, human content might be more engaging and relatable. Therefore, the content that you would still like to read after AI content took over the Internet will probably depend on your interests, your preferences, and your values.
So, here is the paradox: (in the future) the less we will continue to create content (HN, Blog...), the less ChatGPT-like answers will be "relevant". So, we may go back to asking our fellow humans more.
What I'm more worried about is all that cheap (pricewise and quality-wise) AI content proliferation, because it will worsen the effects of that Human-content decrease. It will be AI feeding on itself, like zombies.
It already has taken over to some extent. I imagine blackhat SEO people are using AI tools to generate blogposts and Q&A type tutorials at enormous scales. Some I imagine are even doing videos that use text-to-video software and are gaming YouTube's algorithms and flooding it with artificial content.