AI can be very helpful in lots of ways, but I think it's fair to say that it is most powerful as an enabler for bad actors.

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tclancy an hour ago | parent | next [-]

We’ve essentially reduced the cost of being a prick to zero.

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jameshart 7 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

There’s some great thinking on this topic from Nicklas Lundblad in this Hannah Fry video on AI Agents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzR5aOElvw

He talks about how agents/delegates extend the agency of the people who operate them. And “almost all of society is premised on the fact that agency is scarce”. But software agents grant vastly more agency.

The thing that stops the worst people from annoying the hell out of you is that they lack the agency to do so. But now…

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doubled112 11 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Wasn’t that was social media?

The risk of being punched in the mouth for your word choice dropped to zero, and suddenly all of these opinions were being shouted at anybody that would listen.

I suppose we can automate that sharing better now.

	▲	intended 5 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		We have a ways to go before we hit zero, since we are inventing entire new ways to be a prick. I think we are a year or so away from the first tik toks of humanoid robots walking up to people and punching them for views.

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jgalt212 44 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Sounds a lot like crypto.