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(it probably helps that your name & blog carry some weight, vs. some rando writing something on blogspot or wordpress ;) )
by slater 6mo ago
(it probably helps that your name & blog carry some weight, vs. some rando writing something on blogspot or wordpress ;) )
- Forgeties79 6mo agoWhich illustrates another problem: unscrupulous actors with big names can spread whatever information they want to millions of people with minimal effort.
- MassPikeMike 6mo agoEver since the invention of the printing press, every new communication technology has reduced the effort needed to widely disseminate information-- and misinformation! So you could say this is nothing new. On the other hand, this is remarkably little effort.
- nomdep 6mo agoYes, they can. We can be glad that respectable newspapers and TV news channels have never done it and never will. You can even trust than the headlines are accurate summaries of the content of the articles. /s
- saghm 6mo agoThe existence of a problem in one area doesn't mean that it's not also a problem for it to spread somewhere else
- Forgeties79 6mo agoI started writing a response and realized I basically wrote the exact same thing the other day https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921829
- simonw 6mo agoExactly. I chose to abuse my platform to promote Teresa T as the name of a whale.
- Forgeties79 6mo agoOh god I just realized the implication! I was not directing that at you haha
- simonw 6mo agoNo I really did abuse my reach for this one! I figured it would be a relatively harmless demo of how easy it is to affect LLM answers if you have a decently trafficked website.
- Forgeties79 6mo agoTotally agree. I’ve definitely played the same game before, albeit with far less reach
- chrismcb 6mo agoYou could have named the whale "Whalie McWhaleFace" so thank you for not doing that at least.