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  • James R KirktoPrivacy@lemmy.mlWhat is World?
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    98 hours ago

    Is this thing as sketchy as it seems?

    Sam Altman and Andreessen Horowitz involvement should be all you need to know. But the reality is probably less dystopian than some people make it out to be. World to me just seems to be Altman trying to sell a solution to the problem that he’s trying to create with OpenAI (chatbots that are indistinguishable from humans).













  • We address this question using a novel method - generative social simulation - that embeds Large Language Models within Agent-Based Models to create socially rich synthetic platforms. We create a minimal platform where agents can post, repost, and follow others. We find that the resulting following-networks reproduce three well-documented dysfunctions: (1) partisan echo chambers; (2) concentrated influence among a small elite; and (3) the amplification of polarized voices - creating a ‘social media prism’ that distorts political discourse.

    1. lmao “generative AI chatbots trained on social media behave like social media users”
    2. Shame on ArsTechnica they should be better than to publish a study like this.







  • The question is not is Proton perfect in every conceivable way, the question is: is it more private than Google and the answer to that is yes.

    When you opine on social media that Proton is somehow just as bad as Google you are helping doing the work of Google and that’s the part that (again I don’t truly believe this) makes me wonder if Google/Meta/Twitter is sowing the social web with seeds of doubt about more private alternatives.