Re:Have Online Reviews Lost All Value?
by dredmorbius on Monday September 30, 2019 @01:35PM
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I increasingly see that as one of the most misguided xkcd strips ever.
Unfortunately, the endgame for bot spam indistinguishable from humans isn't some benign silicon intelligence, but an epistemic war for attention, spending, manipulation, and/or fraud, benefitting deep pockets and highly motivated parties.
Unfortunately, the endgame for bot spam indistinguishable from humans isn't some benign silicon intelligence, but an epistemic war for attention, spending, manipulation, and/or fraud, benefitting deep pockets and highly motivated parties.
It ends poorly.