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> that can change the game. I don't think people, organizations, and government, pushing false narratives, is some new game. I think it's a game that people ar
by nomel 4y ago
> that can change the game.
I don't think people, organizations, and government, pushing false narratives, is some new game. I think it's a game that people are dangerously unaware that they're already playing. Destroying the trust of content on the internet, resulting in having people be more diligent about what they believe, is, I think, almost certainly a net positive.
But, as a counter argument to myself, people are lazy and will, instead, just go to a news source that they "trust", and listen without ever questioning.
Either way, I don't see the fake news, itself, as being anything but a fleeting problem for society. The problem will continue to be people, organizations, and governments taking advantage of laziness.
For an example, imagine Dall-E 2 was released for political use. For a few weeks, we would have a flood of fakes of every politician doing every imaginable act. Society would very quickly believe none, rather than believing all.
- AlexCoventry 4y ago> Destroying the trust of content on the internet, resulting in having people be more diligent about what they believe, is, I think, almost certainly a net positive. That didn't seem to be how it worked with the election-theft narrative. People kept believing garbage from discredited sources.
- tsimionescu 4y agoYes, because the election-theft narrative was coming from sources they initially trusted (the President of the United States). That is not the same thing as trusting the hundreds of fake news articles that GPT-3 will be able to generate a second.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoAgree, this is the same as if IEEE suddenly announced a breakthrough in cold fusion. A large chunk of even the highly educated and technical audience would tend to believe it, or at least give it the benefit of the doubt, simply because of the cachet and reputation IEEE itself has built up. At least until those are exhausted. GPT-3 can't create a second IEEE so it's not an issue to be worried about.
- macintux 4y ago> Society would very quickly believe none, rather than believing all. Authoritarians benefit from a society-wide lack of trust in there being any sort of consensus/objective truth. When people don't know what to believe, they either turn to conspiracy theories that claim to offer a peek behind the curtain, or more likely just tune out and hope that their favorite strongman can simplify the chaos. There's been speculation on Twitter that the conflicting narratives from Russia itself during the invasion aren't really a political problem, since confusion makes it more difficult for the public to rally behind a counter-narrative.