Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
I have no words to express how gross and sickening this is:
https://mastodon.social/@kjhealy/113765040222504912
Meta is now in the business of stealing attention from actual activists and organizers and directly funneling it into the void of AI-generated bots they themselves are running.
I cannot.
Nicole Parsons
Would love it if mainstream media outlets put more effort into investigating the funding behind mass malign influence campaigns.
What is the AI bot's account intended to accomplish?
Redirecting donations to a fraudster?
Black people are expected to volunteer to fix the ills of society?
Build false hope that "someone is doing something" (so you don’t have to)?
Bilking lonely people out of their money?
Building a fake activist group that'll sit through ads?
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
@stefan right?
Stefan Bohacek
@rysiek Interesting to see how quickly the stance has changed on both the use of copyrighted work, and fake social media profiles once tech companies figured out how to monetize these things.
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
@artcollisions @skinnylatte parking illegally in a handicapped spot is immoral.
This is a whole other level.
Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)
@rysiek @skinnylatte I think the word might be immoral?
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
@Npars01 no, this is just Meta getting desperate and noticing they're losing user base. So they go for whatever sounds like a "good idea" to "generate engagement".
Nicole Parsons
You're right, maybe.
It's not the first time social media platforms gamed their user numbers & engagement metrics to fool the stock market.
https://www.wheresyoured.at/were-watching-facebook-die/
https://www.queensbusinessreview.com/articles/r0gct70qotuzgetxxqnikbz3gydk5h
That said, the investors behind the AI hype have an agenda. They don't care if the company makes money or not.
https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/musks-fellow-investors-in-x-are-part-of-a-24-billion-loss-since-2022.html
They don't care if their investment ever produces a revenue-generating product.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/investors-who-backed-elon-musks-twitter-buy-awarded-25-of-xai-shares-101732783659536.html
They don't care if that investment fails, the ...
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Phracker
@rysiek The dead Internet theory at work.
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
@artcollisions @skinnylatte it's not a competition. It's a question of degrees.
There is "cold", and there is "freezing". The distinction is meaningful.
There is "immoral", and there is "whatever Meta is doing this week".
Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)
@rysiek @skinnylatte I don't think there needs to be a competition about immorality.
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)
@rysiek @skinnylatte Agreed. And also further points out why the powers of corporations should be severely limited. They are capable of much greater harm.
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
@teirdes I honestly think this will happen organically to a large extent. Webs of personal trust will gain importance, smaller communities that can verify and trust their members will become more of a thing.
teirdes
@rysiek we the people will have to create segregated spaces where we ban (all or some) bots to give ourselves the chance of having the influence we deserve?
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