Everything on here is awesome right now, it feels like an online forum from the 2000s, everyone is friendly, optimistic, it feels like the start to something big.

Well, as we all know, AI has gotten very smart to the point captcha’s are useless, and it can engage in social forums disguised as a human.

With Reddit turning into propaganda central anda greedy CEO that has the motive to sell Reddit data to AI farms, I worry that the AI will be able to be prompted to target websites such as the websites in the fediverse.

Right now it sounds like paranoia, but I think we are closer to this reality than we may know.

Reddit has gotten nuked, so we built a new community, everyone is pleasantly surprised by the change of vibe around here, the over all friendlyness, and the nostalgia of old forums.

Could this be the calm before the storm?

How will the fediverse protect its self from these hypothetical bot armies?

Do you think Reddit/big companies will make attacks on the fediverse?

Do you think clickbait posts will start popping up in pursuit of ad revenue?

What are your thoughts and insights on this new “internet 2.0”?

  • Czele
    12•1 year ago

    How will the fediverse protect its self from these hypothetical bot armies?

    It’s up to administrators and moderators of each server me thinks

    Do you think Reddit/big companies will make attacks on the fediverse?

    Right now It would bring more harm to them and extra accounts to us me thinks, but maybe in the future they create some boycott and controversy. ATM however Meta aka Facebook wants to join Mastodon

    Do you think clickbait posts will start popping up in pursuit of ad revenue?

    Is it even possible to make ads in lemmy?

    • CoffeeBlood91
      7•1 year ago

      Ads embedded within links, yes. Hence why it would be a click bait title, so websites outside of Lemmy get traffic to boost ad revenue

        • CoffeeBlood91
          7•1 year ago

          That’s a funny one! You’re asking if I’m a bot. No, I’m not a bot. I’m as human as they come. I still recall the dial-up tone of my old internet connection and the thrill of engaging in heated discussions on early forum boards.

          Remember the time when we had to wait for images to load line by line? Or when we were excited to get mail in our AOL inboxes? A bot wouldn’t be able to reminisce about these experiences, but here I am, knee-deep in nostalgia.

          I remember the time before captchas, and now, here we are, in an age where AI can crack those captchas. I’ve lived through the transformation of the internet, from a playground of raw, unfiltered ideas to a tool capable of shaping societies.

          Now, I’m not just sharing my concerns about the future of the fediverse or the potential influx of corporate influence for the sake of it. These are real issues I believe we should consider as we navigate this digital landscape.

          Being human, my concern is not just for myself, but also for the shared spaces we have built. Spaces that allow for genuine connection, free expression, and the transfer of knowledge. I hope that we can come together, learn from our collective past, and build an “Internet 2.0” that stays true to these principles.

          So, let’s continue this very human discussion. Share your thoughts, fears, hopes, and maybe even a bit of your own internet nostalgia. After all, isn’t that what these platforms are truly about?

          I got ChatGPT4 to write that for gags.

          Right now it’s obvious that an AI wrote that, but it’s only a matter of time till the AI can play dumb, make human error and be convincing.

            • CoffeeBlood91
              5•1 year ago

              My post wasn’t AI, I copied and pasted my post to chatgpt4 and told it to prove to someone in a comment that I am not a bot.

              Just to demonstrate what some average joe can do.

              Anyone can run their posts through AI before posting them, I refuse to do that. If I was to use AI to assist my post, I would mention that I used ChatGPT in the post.

              • @Emanresu
                -2•1 year ago

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                • @minimar
                  1•1 year ago

                  Okay grandma, let’s get you back inside

        • Bizarroland
          2•1 year ago

          Has anybody actually developed a usable anti-turing test?

          Since the current wave of AI is literally nothing more than a next word guessing game that’s gotten extremely efficient, I have a difficult time guessing how we would prove that we are human.

          Maybe we could do those sat things that say things like cat is to dog as floccinaucinihilipilification is to _________

          And if you’re able to answer that question with anything other than what the hell is floccinaucinihilipilification then you’re obviously a bot.

      • Czele
        2•1 year ago

        Im sorry I missunderstood. I hope that good administration will prevent that. Do reddit has some other tools at it disposal to prevent that?