We may be getting to the point where we can directly predict the quality, interestingness, and originality of a comment before it has a chance to receive viewer

We may be getting to the point where we can directly predict the quality, interestingness, and originality of a comment before it has a chance to receive viewer feedback. This would be similar to how we can now rank historical chess players according to how chess bots evaluate their moves. A forum could then start comments off where it approximates their rank will end up, and then potentially let viewer feedback take over from there. What's more: if you can't stop bots from dominating your signal, then directly predicting things like quality may be one of the only good options left.