I feel like there is a market effect where people gravitate away from fake content. There are a lot of subreddits where people post text stories. Ten years ago I think these were more authentic, but today they are overwhelmed with fake stories that people recognize them as fake so growth of those areas stops.
I think winners of online content will be platforms that can keep slop from clogging your recommendations. Perhaps requiring accounts to register with a SIM card would be cost effective enough from keeping farmers from making thousands of account. I think if a couple fake TikToks enter your feed people will find it a novelty, but if people are feeling constantly duped the platform will suffer.
Of all my AI concerns this is pretty far down on my list, though I'm nervous for the weird future.
Yes, my confidence that I'm talking to a human on Reddit (or here) has dropped rapidly in the last 18 months. I'm only glad its happened at a time when I've begun to emerge from isolation that began with lockdowns.
At the same time, the number of user names commenting on posts I wrote long ago in an effort to karma farm has grown rapidly.
I think winners of online content will be platforms that can keep slop from clogging your recommendations. Perhaps requiring accounts to register with a SIM card would be cost effective enough from keeping farmers from making thousands of account. I think if a couple fake TikToks enter your feed people will find it a novelty, but if people are feeling constantly duped the platform will suffer.
Of all my AI concerns this is pretty far down on my list, though I'm nervous for the weird future.