When AI kills our hard-to-fake signals: what happens when quality can no longer be verified
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-11-08
The essay argues that AI leaves few feasible signals that remain hard to fake: text has largely ceased to function as a quality signal, with audio and video not far behind. It explores what happens to processes that relied on cheaply distinguishing high-quality from low-quality work once that distinction collapses, touching the systemic impact on verification, evaluation and trust mechanisms.
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