Thanks for alerting me to this post Piotr, have upvoted, it is a very interesting topic. Apparently AI does actually compile articles posted online already and has gone further than just making notes. To be honest we don't really know who is a bot and who is human any more, even here on Steemit. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more bots and bot writers than we imagine. The reality is shifting in our generation it seems.
Once machine learning is perfected, machines will teach themselves and learn faster than we can. There will be a time of a tipping point where AI becomes exponentially more powerful than the human mind, even in creating written articles for blogs like Steemit. I'm sure of it.
The weird thing is that AI could be writing articles (true or fake news) and posting them online, only to be picked up by other AI who then write added articles so that one sets off the other in a spiral along some strange path far from reality on the ground simply because the AI algos are in a feedback loop with each other.
Something like this caused one of the biggest stock market crashes, perhaps in the 1980s, where algo bot traders reacted to other bot traders on the other side of America and caused each other to trigger a massive selloff, crashing the stock market, so this kind of thing can get really out of hand, before correcting. Elon Musk may have been right to be worried about AI.
Thank you for your amazing reply @julianhorack
That's right. And unfortunately there are more and more bots over social media.
Wow, that's really interesting, I haven't known about this stock market crash in 1980s. But yes, such scenario is very likely in the social media are, so differencing the fake news will be virtually impossible.
Dear @julianhorack
It doesnt really surprise me.
Thank you for your comment and I'm sorry for such a late reply. Past several days have been very messy and I didn't have enough time to do my work on Steemit.
You may be right. Perhaps social media is dying industry (for humans). Hard to tell.
I'm not worried about AI posting articles. What worries me that AI can analyze articles and be used as a support to build engagement. By posting short comments, but comments related to discussed topic. Comments that look genuine.
I bet most people would not be able to recognize 2-3 sentences in their comment section posted by AI. Wouldn't you agree?
Would you be able to "compete" with users who build their engagement that way? I can forsee this industry (social media) being dominated by those who use AI to support their work. And "regular joe" will have very little chances to gain any traction.
Have a great week ahead,
Yours
Piotr
I see you used a repeated generic comment here. I do read much of the comments so see your AI side coming out @crypto.piotr. I guess that's how you do so much correspondence. 400+ comments to answer as a social media professional must keep you busy hey?
Hi @julianhorack
Thanks for your kind reply buddy
I kind of lost you here. I think ...
I'm surely doing my best to read and write unique comment. At the same time reality is that sometimes we're receiving many similar comments and it's hard to reply same thing in many ways.
As you may noticed - I actually did respond to your previous reply and I only added few sentences that would potentially provoke futher discussions (and that part I used several times).
ps.
How is situation in south africa lately? My eyes have been directed towards Venezuela and I don't even know what's happening in your country.
All the best
Piotr
Hi @crypto.piotr I made a joke there lol. You work very hard with your correspondence, which is admirable.
South Africa is having huge investigations into massive govt corruption. All the dark criminal details are coming out about the theft of money by politicians. And so many state run institutions are bankrupt, like the SA Airways, the SA Broadcasting Company our local TV and radio, and also our power co Eskom, all are mismanaged and looted. Still the power cuts are less this week, so hopefully over. The ex president is in court for crimes of fraud and lots more. There is a big national election in May so campaigning is heating up. Strikes happen every year, some years for months at a time and cripple the economy and facilities further. Trade Unions are very big here, as is Communism.
Dear @julianhorack
Thx for explaining. I really SUCKS big time at jokes hahaha :) I'm trying not to be very serious, but I do take things "literally" way to often.
Obviously I also appreciate your kind comment.
Who is conducting that investigation? 3rd independent party? Is there any power out there in the world that do actually care about south africa? (not very strategic location).
One more question: what is current gov approach to farmers and their land? Are they still trying to "steal" it without compensation?
Yours
Piotr
I understand Piotr, you are a more serious person I see, and English is not your first language. Odd jokes or figures of speech may not appear the same to you as another person.
The government corruption is being investigated by an independent commission so it seems to be revealing a lot. It is more like a hearing where whistleblowers can speak out.
South Africa is far away but it has always had lots of mineral wealth which the global elite like. It used to be a geopolitically strategic place before the Suez canal was built as a trade route to the East, but that is less important now, so we are off the main radar in world news.
As for land confiscation without compensation, their is still a debate going on and no major crisis has been reached yet. People are not outright losing their land yet. Government wants to make some moves in that direction though. We will see in the next big election in May what happens. Things just move more slowly here in Africa, like in India too.
Dear @julianhorack
I'm not serious at all. But my sense of humour sucks. My jokes are awful when I laugh - noone else does :) That's about it :)
But I'm generally very easy going, smiling 90% of the time. Just being funny is not my thing...
ps.
Did you ever consider moving out from SA? Many people seem to run from your country the moment they can afford to do so.
ps.
Im sorry for such a late reply. For some reason I've missed your reply and I only had a chance to read it now.
Thx for always being so responsive :)
Cheers
Piotr
Good to hear from you @crypto.piotr I would personally not be able to tell if the odd AI comment came up in my posts, except those that label themselves as such, which we get sometimes from Dapps for example.
Because of this, I like to be very personalized, and sometimes the best way to do that is by a video blog of myself, so you can see it's me, a human. Probably even those can be faked in time to come.
Dear @julianhorack
I would like to thank you for your previous comment. I only had a chance to read it now. I very much appreciate that you're so responsive.
Don't worry. You would not be the only one :) Many people (especially newbies) are still trying to "chat" with bots.
Cheers
Piotr
Lol, I can imagine.