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So Sam Altman's OpenAI tech is partly responsible for unleashing a deluge of bots and generated content onto the internet and then he tries to sell you proof th

So Sam Altman's OpenAI tech is partly responsible for unleashing a deluge of bots and generated content onto the internet and then he tries to sell you proof that you exist? I think the plan sucks but it does try to solve a fundamental problem. The internet is rapidly becoming a boring dystopia sewer partly because the cost of unleashing bots and generated content continues to decrease. Proving that people on the internet are real and who they say they are is tough. Part of what makes this effortless IRL is the threat of jail (fake ID? you'd have to lie to the government) and that a human IRL doesn't scale (you can only be in one place and doing one thing at a time). You cannot have a town square where it is possible to be anonymous.

salawat 4y ago
>You cannot have a town square where it is possible to be anonymous. In the town square, technically everyone is anonymous until you ask them their name, and even then, no one has to give you the real one. The cops are the only real exception. The thing that truly bugs me about tech/the Internet is that at some point it was decided that everyone is entitled to intimate information on everyone else for even the most transient silly thing.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
  Good point. I agree. Although you might not know everyone in the town square, you know for sure they are a real human, putting themselves out there, and interacting with you. That counts for something.