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> 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 posi
by 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.