SAJ-99
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Not sure about the football, but i bet it can drive a Range Rover better than Tiger Woods. Does that count?
Artificial Intelligence and Public Comment
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SAJ-99
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The internet is heading toward the singularity...
"Doublespeed is just one of a growing number of start-ups devoted to fabricating genuine virality online, some of which pay Discord users to create clips of podcasts, make fan edits of movie stars, and post glowing praise of whatever pop star has hired them. Lakhani’s pitch is one step beyond this: He wants not only to manufacture the trends but also to replace the real people involved with an army of AI influencers free of the human need for nuisances like payment or sleep."
"Doublespeed is just one of a growing number of start-ups devoted to fabricating genuine virality online, some of which pay Discord users to create clips of podcasts, make fan edits of movie stars, and post glowing praise of whatever pop star has hired them. Lakhani’s pitch is one step beyond this: He wants not only to manufacture the trends but also to replace the real people involved with an army of AI influencers free of the human need for nuisances like payment or sleep."
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On the other hand, this smart Indian kid could become a trillionaire which would upset the downward trajectory set by the white nationalist only other trillionaire. Could be a good thing, too soon to tell.
SAJ-99
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Probably, and more power to him. But virality is essentially advertising. How productive can it be advertising to other bots? I’m not a huge fan of YouTube influencers and such, but if they make a living and pay taxes they at least contribute something. The bots won’t even do that.
Highly. Imagine a scenario in which a product is being discussed in some sort of online discussion, seemingly by humans, and their is general agreement of how awesome it it- passive viewers of said discussion could be massively influenced.
SAJ-99
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Sure. Let's take that example and apply it here. Let's say I wanted to buy a new set of tires for my F150. I can ask HT and/or ask ChatGPT (or whatever my preferred AI) and ask it to summarize the reviews. HT has logins like you, that I can assume are people (mostly), but the reviews are not as robust because of the limited sample. If Chat goes the HT and Ford F150 forum it gets a more robust set of opinions. The tire companies know this, so initially they hire bots to post positive reviews, but as all the companies do this it doesn't take them long to realize that you also have to have the bots post negative reviews about the competition. In an instant you have AI bots using the electrical output equal to a small city to post positive and negative reviews about all kinds of products with the hope of influencing a human or two. Seems like a bad payoff for everyone except the guy who creates the bots.
We see this is politics already. Over half the posts on FB will be generated by bots over the next 4 months. But with politics we are already preprogrammed based on party and more likely to believe the BS posts so there is less influence IMO. As this quickly moves to everyday products it gets really weird. The positive side is maybe people will spend less time on social media and touch grass?
I think the media platforms themselves can and will monetize this to whatever extent they’re legally able to.
“For $100,000 more, we can bump positive feedback on your product from 65 to 75%.”
I wouldn't surprised to see a huge uptick in bot scanning/detection software as humans clamor for spaces free of fake profiles/bots/influencers/et
SAJ-99
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But can you really tell if a bot is a bot?
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