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So spambots should take into account the response rate (in the form of the number of people clicking on links, or the percentage of people merely reading the me

by sorbus 16y ago

So spambots should take into account the response rate (in the form of the number of people clicking on links, or the percentage of people merely reading the message) and optimize for that, instead of merely trying to deliver content to inboxes? It would avoid the problem of spambot-AIs trying to destroy humanity, as well as increasing the quality of spam.

gxti 16y ago
That is, until it starts taking over the target computers and clicking the links itself. Any naive utility function will produce undesired side effects: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer
swombat 16y ago
Right. And as time passes, they'll evolve closer and closer to sending interesting, entertaining, well-written, informative spam that points people to products they actually want to buy. Mission Fucking Accomplished. http://xkcd.com/810/ http://xkcd.com/810/