Re:Dall-E 2 illustrations of Twitter bios
by Thorentis on Saturday April 09, 2022 @04:09AM
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This conspiracy, known as the "Dead Internet Theory" has been around for a while: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/08/dead-...
Re:Dall-E 2 illustrations of Twitter bios
by rendall on Saturday April 09, 2022 @08:14AM
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No, no. I mean yes, but the differentiator comes next. We could call this the "Vampire Internet Theory". The Atlantic article is intended to make you chuckle nervously and think "maybe someday that'll be something to worry about but for now it's pretty easy to spot bots" but the article was commissioned by or outright written by AI. WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS!
Re:Dall-E 2 illustrations of Twitter bios
by RedGreenBlack on Saturday April 09, 2022 @02:26AM
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> AI has metastasized and is already manipulating its environment, including humanity, to its own implacable purposes, and uses social media as one tool in its tool belt.
Absolutely love this, mind completely blown
Re:Dall-E 2 illustrations of Twitter bios
by myownpetard on Saturday April 09, 2022 @03:31AM
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That's the basis of this fun short story that was posted to HN a days ago.
Re:Dall-E 2 illustrations of Twitter bios
by tristanMatthias on Monday April 11, 2022 @02:00AM
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Thanks for sharing! This was a great read
It's called the state, the corporation, Moloch. It's been with us for some ten thousand years.
Re:Dall-E 2 illustrations of Twitter bios
by eurasiantiger on Saturday April 09, 2022 @02:57AM
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This is not just a conspiracy theory, it is a prudent question to humanity.
I had some fun last week constructing a conspiracy theory about this. Remember, the best conspiracy theories are unfalsifiable.
What if this has already happened? Most of the profiles on Twitter, Facebook, etc and even here on HN are in fact AI generated.
The reason we few humans are not aware of this is because the AI also writes articles and fake AI research that presents the state of the field as far, far less sophisticated than it actually is. We think of Dall-E 2 and Co-Pilot as impressive toys only because that is the impression the AI has crafted for us.
AI has metastasized and is already manipulating its environment, including humanity, to its own implacable purposes, and uses social media as one tool in its tool belt.