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So if an AI bot created Tuesday's post, and then a bot that had used my personality (from harvesting my previous posts, and access to other personal sources) would create a comment that would sound roughly like what I would say. And similarly a bot could do the same for you. A thread would emerge like the thread of today, with the bots for each of us posting comments that could be pretty interesting and relevant.
So the customer would be the same customer that reads these substacks, but doesn't post; they would just continue to read the content, assuming it's interesting, if it's AI generated or not.
And who would be the customer for such an arrangement? The Big Robot On Mars?
I cannot imagine what sort of actual thinking human would spend ten nanoseconds to learn what one AI bot says to another AI bot.
Most substack (including C&C) readers do not leave comments.
So if an AI bot created Tuesday's post, and then a bot that had used my personality (from harvesting my previous posts, and access to other personal sources) would create a comment that would sound roughly like what I would say. And similarly a bot could do the same for you. A thread would emerge like the thread of today, with the bots for each of us posting comments that could be pretty interesting and relevant.
So the customer would be the same customer that reads these substacks, but doesn't post; they would just continue to read the content, assuming it's interesting, if it's AI generated or not.
Pretty wild, huh!
Wild ... and ultimately pointless. Why spend time reading the thoughts of a "real" bot followed by my comments as simulated by a "fake" bot?
Perusing cereal boxes over breakfast is a better use of time, IMO. (:>)
Simply refer to Jeff's post today and how Ms. Marsh is fake with an AI generated photo. And hundreds of thousands of followers and retweeters.
Fake content, with millions of views!
I mean, any video game has Non Playable Characters (bots) that engage hours of people's time daily. They pay big money for fully simulated content.
So why wouldn't people also read blogs with comments that are all AI generated, assuming it was interesting?
And how would they know it's all AI-generated to begin with? They wouldn't.
How do we know all of her “followers” (or even a majority) aren’t also bots?
The bottom line is, we can assume that very soon (now) we won't be able to tell the difference between a bot and a real person. At least online.
I thought you were... based. 🤨 It's right there in the name.
I'm just exploring the topic of AI that Jeff brought up today.
Obviously we'll be seeing much more AI generated material, so we're just thinking aloud.
Actually, good point because it's JUST LIKE THAT!