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> Work with GPT-3 to generate plausible Twitter profiles... I had some fun last week constructing a conspiracy theory about this. Remember, the best conspiracy
by rendall 5y ago
> Work with GPT-3 to generate plausible Twitter profiles...
I had some fun last week constructing a conspiracy theory about this. Remember, the best conspiracy theories are unfalsifiable.
What if this has already happened? Most of the profiles on Twitter, Facebook, etc and even here on HN are in fact AI generated.
The reason we few humans are not aware of this is because the AI also writes articles and fake AI research that presents the state of the field as far, far less sophisticated than it actually is. We think of Dall-E 2 and Co-Pilot as impressive toys only because that is the impression the AI has crafted for us.
AI has metastasized and is already manipulating its environment, including humanity, to its own implacable purposes, and uses social media as one tool in its tool belt.
- RedGreenBlack 5y ago> AI has metastasized and is already manipulating its environment, including humanity, to its own implacable purposes, and uses social media as one tool in its tool belt. Absolutely love this, mind completely blown
- myownpetard 5y agoThat's the basis of this fun short story that was posted to HN a days ago. https://www.gwern.net/Clippy https://www.gwern.net/Clippy
- tristanMatthias 5y agoThanks for sharing! This was a great read
- hoseja 5y agoIt's called the state, the corporation, Moloch. It's been with us for some ten thousand years.
- eurasiantiger 5y agoThis is not just a conspiracy theory, it is a prudent question to humanity.
- Thorentis 5y agoThis conspiracy, known as the "Dead Internet Theory" has been around for a while: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/08/dead-internet-theory-wrong-but-feels-true/619937/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/08/dead-...
- rendall 5y agoNo, no. I mean yes, but the differentiator comes next. We could call this the "Vampire Internet Theory". The Atlantic article is intended to make you chuckle nervously and think "maybe someday that'll be something to worry about but for now it's pretty easy to spot bots" but the article was commissioned by or outright written by AI. WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS!