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I agree with this article, but I feel the author is only scratching the surface of all the harm ChatGPT and other generative AI systems are going to cause. We j

I agree with this article, but I feel the author is only scratching the surface of all the harm ChatGPT and other generative AI systems are going to cause. We just have to look at the current state of the internet today, with things like SEO spam, misinformation, social media bots, fake reviews, and so forth. The people responsible for these are already taking advantage of generative AI and it's going to exacerbate these problems to their extremes. OpenAI's PR likes to preach about ethical AI, but it's a total farce. There's no way that OpenAI isn't fully aware of all the harms their AI is going to cause. I only see one of two possible ultimate outcomes. AI like OpenGPT is going to flood the internet with false or inaccurate information, that I have no doubt. The first outcome I foresee is we simply lose all trust in the vast majority of information sources. The other outcome is we're going to have to sacrifice our privacy and anonymity online in order to distinguish real information from real people and not the AI bot generated nonsense. For example, Social Media may likely require you to prove your real identity, and will only allow you to use trusted hardware devices (i.e. phone or tablet) to post things to your social media account. It'll become increasingly difficult to share information anonymously online in a way that can be trusted. Any information that can't be tied to a verifiable source (a real person) is immediately going to be deemed untrustworthy.

waselighis 4y ago
To elaborate a little more, multiple attempts to separate real people from bots have either failed or are soon to be defeated. Captchas worked for a while, but AI systems will likely be able to easily defeat Captchas within the next 5 years. Some websites require a phone number, but it's not difficult to get a fake or temporary phone number, if you know how. Deepfakes mean you can't even trust a real-time stream from a person you can see and hear. Eventually, we're going to have to completely sacrifice our privacy and anonymity online in order to prove we're not a bot.
commandlinefan 4y ago
> we simply lose all trust in the vast majority of information sources Did you ever have it though? I'm old enough to remember newspapers, and I always took everything I read in them with a grain of salt and I'm absolutely positive they were written by a human being. (disclaimer: didn't read the article because it's down right now).
- epistemer 4y ago
  Or what about just being old enough to remember when "I read it on the internet" was a pejorative and laughable statement in regards to the truth.
roughly 4y ago
> There's no way that OpenAI isn't fully aware of all the harms their AI is going to cause. You’d be shocked at how good people can be at deluding themselves when their livelihood is on the line. Execs at Facebook still think their product is good for society.
CatWChainsaw 4y ago
Atomization of civilization by 2030 anyone?

waselighis 4y ago

To elaborate a little more, multiple attempts to separate real people from bots have either failed or are soon to be defeated. Captchas worked for a while, but AI systems will likely be able to easily defeat Captchas within the next 5 years. Some websites require a phone number, but it's not difficult to get a fake or temporary phone number, if you know how. Deepfakes mean you can't even trust a real-time stream from a person you can see and hear. Eventually, we're going to have to completely sacrifice our privacy and anonymity online in order to prove we're not a bot.

commandlinefan 4y ago

> we simply lose all trust in the vast majority of information sources Did you ever have it though? I'm old enough to remember newspapers, and I always took everything I read in them with a grain of salt and I'm absolutely positive they were written by a human being. (disclaimer: didn't read the article because it's down right now).

epistemer 4y ago
Or what about just being old enough to remember when "I read it on the internet" was a pejorative and laughable statement in regards to the truth.

roughly 4y ago

> There's no way that OpenAI isn't fully aware of all the harms their AI is going to cause. You’d be shocked at how good people can be at deluding themselves when their livelihood is on the line. Execs at Facebook still think their product is good for society.

CatWChainsaw 4y ago

Atomization of civilization by 2030 anyone?