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Another "gift" from AI to the world. Another line to the long list of "minor side effects" from uncontrolled, unapollogetic corporations releasing radical techn

Another "gift" from AI to the world. Another line to the long list of "minor side effects" from uncontrolled, unapollogetic corporations releasing radical technology into a world that didn't agree to it.

chvid 1y ago
But AI can fix this.
spwa4 1y ago
Are you seriously blaming corporations for advancing science and how bad and inconvenient that is for some people?
- sampl3username 1y ago
  Yes I do indeed think companies should not be able to vastly reshape the world at will.
  - lazide 1y ago
    Who should?
  - Nasrudith 1y ago
    In a free society nobody decides who is allowed to reshape the world. The alternative is frankly horrifying.
Cthulhu_ 1y ago
TBH it was already possible before, but you'd need to either write templates or find competent low-cost ghostwriters. AI has made it easier and more accessible to do this kind of thing. I wouldn't be surprised if the institutions or projects like CURL will create harsher measures to stop this flood of high-quality spam, like putting people on a list or requiring payment per submission. I mean that last one isn't a bad thing, Apple did something like it years ago and I think asking for an upfront cost and having a strict (at the time) review program made it so that all apps were from serious developers and met minimum quality standards.
- aitchnyu 1y ago
  Agree. Before 2010, I read a get-rich-quick affiliate marketing book telling you to use an automated tool to publish SEO spam about goldfish about to 200 blogs.
- lazide 1y ago
  In Academia, this is what grad students have been sucked into doing for decades.
newsclues 1y ago
Blame the people not the tools.
- sampl3username 1y ago
  Technology is not neutral, nor it does exist in a vacuum. It is not neutral due to the fact that humans are not impassible wielders of technology.
  - newsclues 1y ago
    Assuming you define tools and technology as the same thing I disagree. Hammers build homes, and smash faces Encryption keeps honest people’s information safe, but it also can be used for drug trafficking The internet is used for social media and news. But it’s also used for child porn. Tools are neutral, it’s how they are used that makes a tool like a gun, something that feeds a family or something that kills innocent people.
123yawaworht456 1y ago
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dang 1y ago
Ok, but can you please not post like this to Hacker News? It just makes things worse, and it's against multiple site guidelines—these, for example: "Please don't fulminate." "Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

chvid 1y ago

But AI can fix this.

spwa4 1y ago

Are you seriously blaming corporations for advancing science and how bad and inconvenient that is for some people?

sampl3username 1y ago
Yes I do indeed think companies should not be able to vastly reshape the world at will.
- lazide 1y ago
  Who should?
- Nasrudith 1y ago
  In a free society nobody decides who is allowed to reshape the world. The alternative is frankly horrifying.

Cthulhu_ 1y ago

TBH it was already possible before, but you'd need to either write templates or find competent low-cost ghostwriters. AI has made it easier and more accessible to do this kind of thing. I wouldn't be surprised if the institutions or projects like CURL will create harsher measures to stop this flood of high-quality spam, like putting people on a list or requiring payment per submission. I mean that last one isn't a bad thing, Apple did something like it years ago and I think asking for an upfront cost and having a strict (at the time) review program made it so that all apps were from serious developers and met minimum quality standards.

aitchnyu 1y ago
Agree. Before 2010, I read a get-rich-quick affiliate marketing book telling you to use an automated tool to publish SEO spam about goldfish about to 200 blogs.
lazide 1y ago
In Academia, this is what grad students have been sucked into doing for decades.

newsclues 1y ago

Blame the people not the tools.

sampl3username 1y ago
Technology is not neutral, nor it does exist in a vacuum. It is not neutral due to the fact that humans are not impassible wielders of technology.
- newsclues 1y ago
  Assuming you define tools and technology as the same thing I disagree. Hammers build homes, and smash faces Encryption keeps honest people’s information safe, but it also can be used for drug trafficking The internet is used for social media and news. But it’s also used for child porn. Tools are neutral, it’s how they are used that makes a tool like a gun, something that feeds a family or something that kills innocent people.

123yawaworht456 1y ago

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dang 1y ago

Ok, but can you please not post like this to Hacker News? It just makes things worse, and it's against multiple site guidelines—these, for example: "Please don't fulminate." "Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html