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This comment reminds me of this xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1958/ https://xkcd.com/1958/ You don't need GPT to do this. Humans have been making propaganda for centu
by alexb_ 4y ago
This comment reminds me of this xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1958/ https://xkcd.com/1958/
You don't need GPT to do this. Humans have been making propaganda for centuries.
- scarmig 4y agoGPT can do this faster, cheaper, and (soon) better than most people. That poses a problem. For comparison, people have always run scams that victimize old people, but new communication and payment technologies have made it happen far more often and effectively.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 4y agoPeople already are running influence operations like I describe using human authors [1]. The difference is GPT would allow a much larger volume of content to be created at lower cost. A few engineers could run a system that argues with millions of people. [1] https://www.lawfareblog.com/brief-history-online-influence-operations https://www.lawfareblog.com/brief-history-online-influence-o...
- jjeaff 4y agoMost importantly, ai could create millions of unique messages with the same intent. Whereas, plastering the same few messages over and over online or sending out duplicates of the same message are much easier to notice, filter, block, or delete.