phb01's comments

On: A qualitative analysis of pig-butchering scams

[phb01]

The related tragedy of this crime is that hundreds of thousands of people are recruited and trafficked into scam centres - particularly in SE Asia. People are then forced to conduct the scams. Although it's possible AI advancements might eventually lead to fully automated scam processes resulting in reduced trafficking into scam centres.

On: Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter

[phb01]

I think the factor which will determine which networks survive is the ability to handle bots driven by modern AI agents. I’m not sure how even the best moderation features can detect and mitigate these.

[wmf → phb01]

AI doesn't matter. Moderation should apply to humans and AIs equally.

[prisenco → wmf]

AI has the ability to overwhelm systems of moderation at a much greater scale than humans. That's the issue.

[Der_Einzige → prisenco]

Good.

[devnullbrain → Der_Einzige]

Care to share your IP address?

[prisenco → Der_Einzige]

Can you explain how that's a good thing?

[glenstein → wmf]

It does matter because AI can be more effectively leveraged and scaled to support "coordinated inauthentic activity" campaigns.

[mcphage → wmf]

> Moderation should apply to humans and AIs equally.

Unless you’re trying to create a social network to promote human voices and not bots.

[joshdavham → phb01]

It’s gonna be incredibly interesting to see what happens concerning this. I suspect that bots will probably thrive in feeds where ‘the algorithm’ is responsible for recommending most content. However, bots probably won’t do as well with vanilla follower feeds.