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AI-induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation − it’s already happening

  • Written by Ahmed Elgammal, Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
imageWhen generative AI was left to its own devices, its outputs landed on a set of generic images – what researchers called 'visual elevator music.'Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images

Generative AI was trained on centuries of art and writing produced by humans.

But scientistsand critics have wondered what would happen once AI became widely adopted and...

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