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My friends in Web3 are now AI experts building chatbots

by 29_29 3y ago

victorsup 3y ago
like 90%
lloydatkinson 3y ago
I think everyone knew they’d move onto the next scam
- graypegg 3y ago
  At least applications built upon the “we call the OpenAI api” product strategy are less scammy than Web3 felt.
  - cirgue 3y ago
    Never fear, we’ll get there
    - exyi 3y ago
      Exactly, the AI chatbots is the perfect technology for autoscamming people.
      - graypegg 3y ago
        Hey, you know… that’s a use case! Better than Web3’s common use case of… ? </sarcasm>
    - _delirium 3y ago
      There are definitely a bunch of outright scammers already operating in that space. A bunch of the “AI-powered” browser extensions are just malware, for example. https://www.pcmag.com/news/beware-ai-scams-meta-blocks-1000-plus-links-tied-to-chatgpt-themed-malware https://www.pcmag.com/news/beware-ai-scams-meta-blocks-1000-...
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- LinuxBender 3y ago
  I think scam is perhaps not quite right. I see AI as the evolution beyond social media algorithms. Now it will feel even more human resulting in the manipulation being even more subtle and effective over time. Being more human like may also help people feel like sharing more information with it. Some may even think it is their friend. I think there is a lot more psychology in play with AI whereas Web3 mostly plays on ones greed and facilitates wash trading and faux investments into unregistered unlicensed securities. So for AI I believe a better description could be manipulation framework.
- warent 3y ago
  Comparing web3 scams to this new wave of AI is unironically ignorant and delusional. For one small example I literally get daily value from Copilot and happily pay for it, and there is much more beyond this. I've never once gotten meaningful value from web3.
  - Version467 3y ago
    That's not the point. Yes, there are many legit startups, exploring the very real value add that AI has to offer. But the people that previously sold scammy web3 stuff did move on to peddle scammy ai stuff.
  - hackitup7 3y ago
    These people migrated to AI because their goal is to get rich quick. Whether or not it's a scam is orthogonal. It's the same people got excited about metaverse, producing online courses, and weed startups. If they aren't in tech they're doing supplements and drop shipping. Unrelated, but I don't think AI is a scam.
  - lloydatkinson 3y ago
    I don’t think Copilot and whatever fresh hell the popularised version of AI is are comparable.
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My friends in Web3 are now AI experts building chatbots

by 29_29 3y ago

My friends in Web3 are now AI experts building chatbots

victorsup 3y ago

like 90%

lloydatkinson 3y ago

I think everyone knew they’d move onto the next scam

graypegg 3y ago
At least applications built upon the “we call the OpenAI api” product strategy are less scammy than Web3 felt.
- cirgue 3y ago
  Never fear, we’ll get there
  - exyi 3y ago
    Exactly, the AI chatbots is the perfect technology for autoscamming people.
    - graypegg 3y ago
      Hey, you know… that’s a use case! Better than Web3’s common use case of… ? </sarcasm>
  - _delirium 3y ago
    There are definitely a bunch of outright scammers already operating in that space. A bunch of the “AI-powered” browser extensions are just malware, for example. https://www.pcmag.com/news/beware-ai-scams-meta-blocks-1000-plus-links-tied-to-chatgpt-themed-malware https://www.pcmag.com/news/beware-ai-scams-meta-blocks-1000-...
- deleted 3y ago
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LinuxBender 3y ago
I think scam is perhaps not quite right. I see AI as the evolution beyond social media algorithms. Now it will feel even more human resulting in the manipulation being even more subtle and effective over time. Being more human like may also help people feel like sharing more information with it. Some may even think it is their friend. I think there is a lot more psychology in play with AI whereas Web3 mostly plays on ones greed and facilitates wash trading and faux investments into unregistered unlicensed securities. So for AI I believe a better description could be manipulation framework.
warent 3y ago
Comparing web3 scams to this new wave of AI is unironically ignorant and delusional. For one small example I literally get daily value from Copilot and happily pay for it, and there is much more beyond this. I've never once gotten meaningful value from web3.
- Version467 3y ago
  That's not the point. Yes, there are many legit startups, exploring the very real value add that AI has to offer. But the people that previously sold scammy web3 stuff did move on to peddle scammy ai stuff.
- hackitup7 3y ago
  These people migrated to AI because their goal is to get rich quick. Whether or not it's a scam is orthogonal. It's the same people got excited about metaverse, producing online courses, and weed startups. If they aren't in tech they're doing supplements and drop shipping. Unrelated, but I don't think AI is a scam.
- lloydatkinson 3y ago
  I don’t think Copilot and whatever fresh hell the popularised version of AI is are comparable.

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