There is a difference between AI-augmented human posts (levels the playing field for those who are not great at writing) and AI bots running loose online without a human controlling them (seems dangerous, but not sure how imminent). I assume you are against both?
We believe what we write. From this book describing the indoctrination of American POWs in Korea:
Our best evidence of what people truly feel and believe comes less from their words than from their deeds. Observers trying to decide what a man is like look closely at his actions… the man himself uses this same evidence to decide what he is like. His behavior tells him about himself; it is a primary source of information about his beliefs and values and attitudes.
Writing was one sort of confirming action… It was never enough for the prisoners to listen quietly or even to agree verbally with the Chinese line; they were always pushed to write it down as well… if a prisoner was not willing to write a desired response freely, he was prevailed upon to copy it.
To bring this back to your idea of AI-augmented human posts:
To rely on AI to suggest/choose words for you is to have your thoughts and beliefs shaped by the output of that AI.
There is a difference between reading and writing. Semi-voluntarily writing something creates ownership of the content. Copying is not nearly as good. Using an AI to express one’s thoughts when you struggle to express them might not be the worst idea. Having your own words overwritten by computer-generated ones is probably not fantastic, I agree.
There is a difference between AI-augmented human posts (levels the playing field for those who are not great at writing) and AI bots running loose online without a human controlling them (seems dangerous, but not sure how imminent). I assume you are against both?
So, two ideas:
The language we use shapes how and what we think
We believe what we write. From this book describing the indoctrination of American POWs in Korea:
To bring this back to your idea of AI-augmented human posts:
To rely on AI to suggest/choose words for you is to have your thoughts and beliefs shaped by the output of that AI.
Yes, that seems like a bad idea to me.
There is a difference between reading and writing. Semi-voluntarily writing something creates ownership of the content. Copying is not nearly as good. Using an AI to express one’s thoughts when you struggle to express them might not be the worst idea. Having your own words overwritten by computer-generated ones is probably not fantastic, I agree.