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I know what marginal cost means. Yeah, there are a good portion of GPT-3 costs that are fixed costs. But also I would wager there's a large portion of costs tha
by zucker42 6y ago
I know what marginal cost means. Yeah, there are a good portion of GPT-3 costs that are fixed costs. But also I would wager there's a large portion of costs that are roughly proportional to the scope of your astroturfing campaign. It's not zero marginal cost, and even though the marginal cost might be smaller than hiring people, the fixed costs are probably higher.
I disagree with the premise that GPT-3 will greatly decrease the power of individual speech; I just don't think it will be as impactful as some people think, and I believe the burden of proof is on those people. It's probably going to have a marginal effect, though. But also I thought I gave some reasons for protecting anonymity in my first comment, and the last paragraph hints at the problem with banning anonymity: it necessarily centralizes control over the Internet.