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Of all the impractical applications for AI, this proposal is, by and large, the most idiotic. Developing and implementing this will ultimately prove costly and unnecessary, and viewers and streamers alike will bear the brunt of that cost.
Too many companies are embracing AI, not because it makes any sense in the context of their business plan, but rather because "visionaries" are promising things they simply can't deliver, and the financial sector keeps throwing free money their way, which convinces everyone that AI is something that it is not. It is a bubble, in more ways than one.
If this feature is implemented, one of two things will happen
A. This tool simply won't work in the way Twitch, or anyone else wants it to work. Twitch will quietly remove the feature and slink away with their tail between their legs
B. This tool will work as envisioned. However, it will lead to additional costs, which Twitch will either address by placing this tool behind a paywall (because who *wouldn't* pay for something you have plenty of viewers willing to do for free), or by doing something else to cut costs, which, again, will ***** over viewers and streamers.
I don't have an ax to grind against AI in and of itself. It is merely a tool. I take issue with those who don't weigh the benefits against the costs, as well as those who simply don't care about the costs. There are virtually no benefits to be had here. Others have noted the costs. This is just another AI circle-jerk that never needed to happen, and demonstrates fully how poorly the tech sector is doing the job of policing itself.
I encourage anyone reading this to pledge not to spend a cent on twitch if this goes through, and to say so here.