Do science studies say AI-made posts can earn money for a long time?

"Our analysis shows that creators decreased their activity on Lofter following the AI generator launch, while activity increased on Graffiti Kingdom after the AI prohibition."

"Interestingly, we find that the provision of GenAI to content creators may lead to an exodus of high-quality content creators from the platform. This is because Gen AI makes it too easy to create high-quality content and takes away the competitive advantage of high-quality creators."

"Through analysis of creator posts, we identify three primary concerns driving resistance: replacement risk, perceived low quality, and copyright infringement."

"The primary goal is to attract as many page views as possible, and thus generate more advertising revenue"

"Heterogeneity analysis reveals that higher-popularity, multi-homing, and AI-averse creators show larger reductions of activity on Lofter."

"Whether a visitor is satisfied with the content or not, the content farm receives a small amount of advertising revenue for each such visit."

"Additionally, we show that if the platform charges a modest price for using GenAI instead of providing it for free, it helps retain high-quality content creators while also increasing platform revenues."

"creators respond to what platforms communicate about AI's role rather than to specific tool features or enforcement actions."

"A report by NewsGuard in 2023 identified over 140 internationally recognized brands supporting AI-driven content farms."

"In a competitive setting, we show that a free provision of GenAI to creators may lead to an undesirable market outcome where Gen AI is unavailable on some or all platforms. We show that using the pricing of GenAI as a strategic tool can lead to the most desirable market outcome, where all platforms adopt GenAI."

"Google attempted to lower the rankings of low-quality websites with its Panda update in 2011."

"As new and emerging platforms and content distribution systems continue to emerge, including but not limited to generative AI generated content and services powered by generative AI, including open-source generative AI, our customers may no longer want to source content from distributors such as us."

"Contributors are compensated for any inclusion of their content in AI data training sets and may share in the revenue generated by AI tools and services trained with their content."

"The increase of $14.3 million is primarily driven by data access and/or licensing agreements, which typically result in a greater portion of revenue being recognized in an accelerated manner."

"Notably, US users show lower acceptance of AI-generated content when making payments."

"For instance, achieving just $2000 from YouTube’s ad revenue share reportedly requires 1 million views (The Economist 2021), making it challenging to cultivate a robust “middle class” of creators."

"While these innovations enhance productivity, they also introduce concerns regarding workforce displacement in traditional creative industries."

"findings suggest that the sustainability of the creator economy depends not only on creators and platformers but also on how users perceive value, fairness, and creativity."

"Asindicatedbymanypreviousstudies, theplatform suffersfromsub-optimalsocialwelfareandthusundermineslong-termrevenuewhencontent distribution lacks necessary diversity to cater to various users’ preferences."

"This issue is also observed in empirical studies, where content creators often exhibit a tendency to chase trends (Holmbom, 2015; Nandagiri and Philip, 2018)."

"Nevertheless, challenges persist, including monetization barriers, infrastructural constraints, and growing concerns over synthetic media manipulation, prompting discussions on regulatory measures to govern digital content authenticity."

"the latter conducts a large-scale YouTube metadata analysis, showing that only a small percentage of channels are successfully monetized, and that in-video links can contribute to monetisation."

"In essence, creators tend to produce content that arouses the interests of the majority user group, owing to the group’s high visibility and the creators’ myopic creation strategies"