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1) We know that corporate America is experimenting with AI to perform business functions more efficiently. 2) We know that shadowbanning exists and is used to

1) We know that corporate America is experimenting with AI to perform business functions more efficiently. 2) We know that shadowbanning exists and is used to contain spammers and other users that a platform doesn't want on their site. Given that the previous two facts are true, it seems like a perfectly logical outcome that somebody would decide to experiment with some kind of AI powered chatbots to keep shadowbanned users better contained.

smoldesu 4y ago
That, or Occam's Razor could suggest that the shadowbanned second-class is a much less interesting/engaging group of individuals than the rest. That aligns with the theory that this is all for money (it is) and it's much easier to imagine than a cross-platform initiative to use GPT-3 for pestering extremists. Who knows though, I'm willing to entertain anything here in the grand ol' USA. Still, logic suggests that there's a simpler answer here.
- thatguy0900 4y ago
  It's the opposite of pestering extremists, it's keeping extremists entertained while keeping them from pestering others. Seems like an excellent way to deal with people who avoid bans, the problem of course lies in who gets to decide what gets you thrown into the ai segregation boxes...
  - logicalmonster 4y ago
    > Seems like an excellent way to deal with people who avoid bans I'm sure this would be reasonably effective on the specific goal of occupying these users' time for days/weeks/months/or even years until they realized that they were talking with robots, but it seems like it might have significant negative social consequences for some groups. For instance, imagine somebody dealing with depression who genuinely needs a human to talk to. Like many in modern society, maybe social media is the only human interaction they have until they get shadowbanned based on tenuous reasons. God, what happens then when depressed and/or unstable people only have robots to talk to for years? What happens when they realize that they've been tricked and feel intense anger/sadness/hopelessness? This is playing with peoples' lives with fire and shouldn't be an acceptable practice.

smoldesu 4y ago

That, or Occam's Razor could suggest that the shadowbanned second-class is a much less interesting/engaging group of individuals than the rest. That aligns with the theory that this is all for money (it is) and it's much easier to imagine than a cross-platform initiative to use GPT-3 for pestering extremists. Who knows though, I'm willing to entertain anything here in the grand ol' USA. Still, logic suggests that there's a simpler answer here.

thatguy0900 4y ago
It's the opposite of pestering extremists, it's keeping extremists entertained while keeping them from pestering others. Seems like an excellent way to deal with people who avoid bans, the problem of course lies in who gets to decide what gets you thrown into the ai segregation boxes...
- logicalmonster 4y ago
  > Seems like an excellent way to deal with people who avoid bans I'm sure this would be reasonably effective on the specific goal of occupying these users' time for days/weeks/months/or even years until they realized that they were talking with robots, but it seems like it might have significant negative social consequences for some groups. For instance, imagine somebody dealing with depression who genuinely needs a human to talk to. Like many in modern society, maybe social media is the only human interaction they have until they get shadowbanned based on tenuous reasons. God, what happens then when depressed and/or unstable people only have robots to talk to for years? What happens when they realize that they've been tricked and feel intense anger/sadness/hopelessness? This is playing with peoples' lives with fire and shouldn't be an acceptable practice.