Re:Preparing for Malicious Uses of AI
by PeterisP on Friday February 23, 2018 @11:51AM
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In earlier times you could travel somewhere else and try the same thing again, one side-effect of which was the proliferation of serial scammers.
For a good person, in a sense that covers most people, having your past reputation follow you around is a benefit, the ability to wipe out reputation only benefits those with negative reputation. Furthermore, if there's a general assumption that it will follow you around, it acts as a deterrent to avoid doing immoral things, since you won't be able to easily walk away from that.
The obvious limitation to "anyone can publish any information about you, tag it to your face" is the well-established concept of libel. Publishing false harmful information is already forbidden, but they should be able to "warn the world" if the information is truthful.
For a good person, in a sense that covers most people, having your past reputation follow you around is a benefit, the ability to wipe out reputation only benefits those with negative reputation. Furthermore, if there's a general assumption that it will follow you around, it acts as a deterrent to avoid doing immoral things, since you won't be able to easily walk away from that.
The obvious limitation to "anyone can publish any information about you, tag it to your face" is the well-established concept of libel. Publishing false harmful information is already forbidden, but they should be able to "warn the world" if the information is truthful.