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Been doing this via Discord for years and it’s great. I’ve got two hobby servers with maybe 500 people each. A local hobby server of 30 people and a friends se

Been doing this via Discord for years and it’s great. I’ve got two hobby servers with maybe 500 people each. A local hobby server of 30 people and a friends server of maybe 15 people. Verified? Meh. Not necessary. I can’t think of how that would improve my experience.

andy_ppp 3y ago
Well, if you suspect the top poster on your forum is a bot, you might change your mind...
- Waterluvian 3y ago
  I think that’s more an anxious fear than a real problem. Especially if you seek meaningful interactions and relationship building. And if an AI is able to offer such a compelling long-term character development and online relationship and regularly offers insights and new ideas and empathy, we’re already into a deeply philosophical place about authenticity and if it really matters. You have no idea if I’m an AI right now. If I am, would this comment suddenly become invalid? The information and idea here is what matters, no? Do you need to know much about the corporeal flesh bag mashing the buttons? But does it even matter? Everyone online is a cat.
  - pixl97 3y ago
    > The information and idea here is what matters, no? Yuval Noah Harari goes into this in detail that this is actually a huge risk. Imagine an AI controlled by a single with a hidden motivation. But also imagine it is a really good AI that 99% of its communication is towards building a friendship long term relationships with particular users on hundreds or thousands of forums. You now have an intimate relationship and when political season comes around and they make a recommendation you trust what that 'person' says because they don't generally talk about politics. And so do thousands of other people.
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    - Waterluvian 3y ago
      I was thinking about that. Isn’t that already a real problem? Cold War spies and the modern equivalent? But I guess this drives the cost of that down a million fold. Fascinating.

andy_ppp 3y ago

Well, if you suspect the top poster on your forum is a bot, you might change your mind...

Waterluvian 3y ago
I think that’s more an anxious fear than a real problem. Especially if you seek meaningful interactions and relationship building. And if an AI is able to offer such a compelling long-term character development and online relationship and regularly offers insights and new ideas and empathy, we’re already into a deeply philosophical place about authenticity and if it really matters. You have no idea if I’m an AI right now. If I am, would this comment suddenly become invalid? The information and idea here is what matters, no? Do you need to know much about the corporeal flesh bag mashing the buttons? But does it even matter? Everyone online is a cat.
- pixl97 3y ago
  > The information and idea here is what matters, no? Yuval Noah Harari goes into this in detail that this is actually a huge risk. Imagine an AI controlled by a single with a hidden motivation. But also imagine it is a really good AI that 99% of its communication is towards building a friendship long term relationships with particular users on hundreds or thousands of forums. You now have an intimate relationship and when political season comes around and they make a recommendation you trust what that 'person' says because they don't generally talk about politics. And so do thousands of other people.
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  - Waterluvian 3y ago
    I was thinking about that. Isn’t that already a real problem? Cold War spies and the modern equivalent? But I guess this drives the cost of that down a million fold. Fascinating.