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.
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.