Why? Internet rules from the days gone by - everyone is a liar. So it shouldn’t matter.
Comment on Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 months agoI don’t think psudonyms are an issue, but verifying that a user is an actual person vs an AI chatbot is absolutely something that social media will need to tackle at some point.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
passepartout@feddit.org 2 months ago
Will they though? Facebook has already created undisclosed bot accounts themselves before. A Platform where real users and such bots are indistinguishable (for the user) sounds like a social media corpos and governments wet dream to me. Also reminds me of the attempts to disguise ads as natural content.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Sure but they only want the bots they approve of. That way they can charge for the privilege of allowing someone’s preferred bots onto the platform.
SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hmm funny how Sam Altman is one of the few people responsible for creating that problem and now he’s selling the solution to it
cecilkorik@piefed.ca 2 months ago
It's actually low-key brilliant. Start a gold rush, when you realize the gold isn't actually there, pivot to selling shovels and keep hyping the gold rush. Fools and their money are soon parted, and there seem to be an endless supply of them.
Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 months ago
The bot problem has been around since before Sam Altman was old enough to legally drink. For example in the early days the founders of Reddit were running bots to make the site look wayyy busier than it actually was in order to attract new users.
artifex@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
He’s a modern day arms dealer.