Mastodawn

I'm wondering if the reason for demands of ID/age verification on internet/social media etc is because the Ad revenue model is threatened by the advent of agentic AI. Advertiser simply don't want to pay for bot clicks, and ID verification would save the ad businesses e.g. Facebook/Meta.

Daniel Dynesius 1d ago

Reading some Substacks I begin to wonder, how much of this is actually AI written or edited? If this continues, it creates a dilution of thinking even in the 'intellectual' spheres of society.

Daniel Dynesius 2d ago

When evaluating the #morals of the distant past, like from the medieval or antiquity – we look at them as rigid and dogmatic. That is probably true. Yet we forget that tech & culture didn't change as fast as now – making their morals at the time *seem* to be timeless.

Daniel Dynesius Mar 6

I wonder if the main reasons ancient greek philosophers are admired and remembered today is that their thinking was broad enough to encompass more than knowledge in their value systems. Their thinking related to the society, nature & being. Timeless questions. #philosophy

Daniel Dynesius Feb 21

I think it makes sense to ask the question, if large corporate investment should be considered political.

I think it is, especially when they transform society.

Daniel Dynesius Feb 14

The rolling out of AI work automation is called 'inevitable'. At the same time, that tech takes away people's potential to shape a good future for themselves. It's important to know that there's a difference between technological and human progress and society.

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Daniel Dynesius Jan 29

@EPFL any particular reason for that research subject?

Daniel Dynesius Jan 6

You know, when #society speaks about digital addiction, endless scrolling etc.

Its nothing new. Essentially its just a individual hedonistic pleasure and gratification over meaning and purpose.

To say it more briefly;
The difference between Virtue and Vice.

But it doesn't stop there, it also relates to systems of those with and those without power in society.

Daniel Dynesius Dec 29

It's been a bit on my mind. The way people orient in #society is driven by how others behave, believe, think and feel.

Its still this simple fundamental condition: social cohesion, and wholeness found in the tribal condition. It's saught.

Daniel Dynesius Dec 18

For most, I think, genuine social connection is what is experienced as most meaningful.

Tech weakens these connections. Leaving most in a place with less meaning, warmth & purpose.

Focus on individual success in place of social usefulness, displaces meaning in a similar manner