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Why is it every other day there's a thread that goes something like "We used AI to find a new way to avoid jail time completely in the Prisoners Dilemma"? Yeah,
by alexb_ 3y ago
Why is it every other day there's a thread that goes something like "We used AI to find a new way to avoid jail time completely in the Prisoners Dilemma"? Yeah, if you defect you gain benefit for yourself while making the world worse. Doing things that don't benefit you directly to make the world better, and not doing things which do benefit you and make the world worse, is WHAT MORALITY IS.
Knowingly making the world a worse place because it brings benefit to you is immoral, full stop. Knowingly screwing over other people because it brings benefit to you, tricking other people into viewing your website by lying to them about the authenticity of the information, abusing the trust people have to not be giant asshats - all of these are immoral.
I'm upvoting this post because more people need to see a very clear and obvious example of what not to do. If you have ever thought about things like this, you need to change your ways.
- dpflan 3y agoIt is because there are big incentives to make money in the current economy we live it, competition like this can benefit a market participant, and that is how the reward system works (monetarily/money-as-a-meta-resource and culturally (money as status symbol and means to exist)) until there is a legal precedent to prevent such behavior.
- handy2000 3y agoFor most people with this mindset money is the ultimate good. If something they do makes money, it's an unquestionable benefit. Most people with this mindset either become very rich or end up in prison.
- qup 3y agoTheir competitor paid real money for at least 1800 articles to trick other people into viewing their website--aka for SEO. I think both groups are equally culpable. If you're in the SEO game, you're already in violation of this same "morality."