The recent combination of getting a lot of pseudo-conversational-type email spam, and getting to know an online friend whom I’ve never met in real life has triggered an interesting thought:
When (if) we solve the AI-hard thing, when we’re able to make virtual agents that can carry on conversations and social interactions just like real humans, what’s to stop advertisers from creating armies of Turing-Test Passable AIs whose sole purpose is to trick humans into relationships so that, once trust is garnered, pimp whatever products the companies are selling?
I can imagine such an apocalyptic nightmare in vivid detail…
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assuming that not all humans trust that easily, so saith the pessimist/cynic in me… but yeah, am convinced that if your apocalyptic nightmare became reality, income generation abounds… but if part one of this comment is true, then it might take some time. depends what the product is of course.