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Re:The Most Talented Person in the World by yen223 on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @08:38PM (#40361773)
If there's a social endorsement scheme that doesn't involve real-world identity, I don't see how you won't end up with a situation where Bot_A is counted as legit, being endorsed by Bot_B...Bot_Z
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Re:The Most Talented Person in the World by ms-menardi on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @08:48PM (#40361833)
because once Bot_J and Bot_Q are discovered to be bots, then everyone they've authenticated suddenly needs new people to vouch for them.

problem is, how do you figure out someone's a bot? Ah well maybe someone will make an AI tool for that, we humans are too busy doing groceries and putting round cubes into square holes.

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Re:The Most Talented Person in the World by raymondgh on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @08:56PM (#40361898)
That kind of verification could be off-protocol. Perhaps a reputation or incentive system could help as well.
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Re:The Most Talented Person in the World by datadrivenangel on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @11:47PM (#40362899)
Mission fucking accomplished. [0]

0 - https://xkcd.com/810/

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