return2ozmaReddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
artifexOn the one hand, I understand the inherent limitations of pseudonymous social media and why a corporation and even end users might benefit from authoritative user identification.
On the other hand, oh hell no.
acosmichippoI don’t think psudonyms are an issue, but verifying that a user is an actual person vs an AI chatbot is absolutely something that social media will need to tackle at some point.
Hmm funny how Sam Altman is one of the few people responsible for creating that problem and now he’s selling the solution to it
He’s a modern day arms dealer.
It's actually low-key brilliant. Start a gold rush, when you realize the gold isn't actually there, pivot to selling shovels and keep hyping the gold rush. Fools and their money are soon parted, and there seem to be an endless supply of them.
BuelldozerThe bot problem has been around since before Sam Altman was old enough to legally drink. For example in the early days the founders of Reddit were running bots to make the site look wayyy busier than it actually was in order to attract new users.
He’s a convenient bogey-man, and a huge asshole, but he’s the not the source of this problem.
passepartoutWill they though? Facebook has already created undisclosed bot accounts themselves before. A Platform where real users and such bots are indistinguishable (for the user) sounds like a social media corpos and governments wet dream to me. Also reminds me of the attempts to disguise ads as natural content.
LibertyLizardSure but they only want the bots they approve of. That way they can charge for the privilege of allowing someone’s preferred bots onto the platform.
Why? Internet rules from the days gone by - everyone is a liar. So it shouldn’t matter.