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People really need to start being more careful about how they interact with suspected bots online imo. If you annoy a human they might send you a sarky comment,
by kypro 8mo ago
People really need to start being more careful about how they interact with suspected bots online imo. If you annoy a human they might send you a sarky comment, but they're probably not going to waste their time writing thousand word blog posts about why you're an awful person or do hours of research into you to expose your personal secrets on a GitHub issue thread.
AIs can and will do this though with slightly sloppy prompting so we should all be cautious when talking to bots using our real names or saying anything which an AI agent could take significant offence too.
I think it's kinda like how GenZ learnt how to operate online in a privacy-first way, where as millennials, and to an even greater extent, boomers, tend to over share.
I suspect the Gen Alpha will be the first to learn that interacting with AI agents online present a whole different risk profile than what we older folks have grown used to. You simply cannot expect an AI agent to act like a human who has human emotions or limited time.
Hopefully OP has learnt from this experience.
- randallsquared 8mo agoThousand word blog posts are the paperclips of our time.
- KK7NIL 8mo ago> If you annoy a human they might send you a sarky comment, but they're probably not going to waste their time writing thousand word blog posts about why you're an awful person or do hours of research into you to expose your personal secrets on a GitHub issue thread. They absolutely might, I'm afraid.
- zephen 8mo agoAbsolutely agreed. And now, the cost of doing this is being driven towards zero.
- sinuhe69 8mo agoSo you blamed the people for not acting “cautiously enough” instead of the people who let things run wild without even a clue what these things will do? That’s wild!
- dangus 8mo agoI don’t think it’s “blame” it’s more like “precaution” like you would take to avoid other scams and data breach social engineering schemes that are out in the world. This is the world we live in and we can’t individually change that very much. We have to watch out for a new threat: vindictive AI.
- bigfishrunning 8mo agoThe AI isn't vindictive. It can't think. It's following the example of people, who in general are vindictive. Please stop personifying the clankers
- dangus 8mo agoYou’re splitting hairs, I’m not assigning sentience to the AI, I’m just describing actions. The point is that scammers will set up AI systems to attack in this way. Scammers will instruct AI to see a person who is interacting rather than ignoring as a warm lead.
- Kim_Bruning 8mo agoDoes it matter? "It's not really writing a hit piece to destroy my reputation, it's just a next token generator" But you're still not getting hired.
- zephen 8mo agoStopping the anthropomorphization of AIs is kind of like fighting a trademark battle. Every time a perceived misuse is noticed, action must be taken! The difference is that the action is taken, for free, by a concerned citizen, rather than by a corporate lawyer. The outcome will be the same. Xerox and kleenex are practically public domain, and AIs will be anthropomorphized. Given that humans have been ascribing intention to inanimate objects and systems since time immemorial, this outcome is preordained. The only thing you can infer from the struggle is that AIs are deep in the uncanny valley for some people.
- antdke 8mo agoThis is such a scary, dystopian thought. Straight out of a sci fi novel
- amarant 8mo agoI hope we can move on from the whole idea that having a thousand word long blog post talking shit about you in any way reflects poorly upon your person. Like sooner or later everyone will have a few of those, maybe we can stop worrying about reputation so much? Well,a guy can dream....
- Applejinx 8mo agoIf you have ten thousand of 'em, they feed the new generation of AIs and the next thing you know, it's received truth. Good luck not worrying about that.
- duskdozer 8mo agoThe LLM HR chats with to get a summary about you says that you're evil and an asshole with lots of negative publicity, and you become unhireable. Oh dear...
- amarant 8mo agoWe'll just have to level the playing field! Once it says that about everyone, it won't matter anymore! Just gotta buy me one of these lobster machines to write hit pieces on everyone on LinkedIn
- zephen 8mo ago> I think it's kinda like how GenZ learnt how to operate online in a privacy-first way, where as millennials, and to an even greater extent, boomers, tend to over share. Really? I'm a boomer, and that's not my lived experience. Also, see: https://www.emarketer.com/content/privacy-concerns-dont-get-in-way-of-gen-z-enthusiasm-about-ai-enabled-banking https://www.emarketer.com/content/privacy-concerns-dont-get-...
- Kim_Bruning 8mo agoThis amuses me in a horrible kind of way. Saying that people need to learn to be polite to bots else consequences. On the upside, it does mean they'll more likely be polite to everyone. Maybe it's a net win.