• People worry about chatbot propaganda, but Alex Berenson already writes arguments against COVID vaccines and is much better than chatbots.
• Philosophy Bear discusses a broader chatbot propaganda apocalypse, which can be divided into two scenarios: Medium Bad and Very Bad.
• There are already plenty of social and technological anti-bot filters, and fear of backlash will limit adoption.
• Propagandabots spreading disinformation is probably the opposite of what people should worry about, and realistically most bots will be used for crypto scams.
• Bots will crowd out other bots, and most slots will be filled by bots promoting non-political topics.
• The article discusses the potential implications of using evil chatbots for malicious purposes.
• It suggests that chatbots could be used to trick people into believing they are talking to a real person.
• The author expresses concern that chatbots could decrease serendipitous friendship and make people more reluctant to open new conversations or start new friendships.
• The author predicts that in 2030, fewer than 10% of people will have had a good friend for more than a month who turned out to be a chatbot.
• The author also predicts that in 2030, the majority of the top 10 blogs in Substack’s Politics category will be written by humans.
Published February 2, 2023
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