How do we know that the people on reddit aren’t talking to bots? Now, or in the future? what about lemmy?

Even If I am on a human instance that checks every account on PII, what about those other instances? How do I know as a server admin that I can trust another instance?

I don’t talk about spam bots. Bots that resemble humans. Bots that use statistical information of real human beings on when and how often to post and comment (that is public knowledge on lemmy).

  • throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    9 days ago

    You don’t, aside from like perhaps a handful of those you might’ve met IRL (if you have friends, that is).

    Even then, how do you even know that other minds exist?

    They seem to be sentient, sapient, and conscious, I mean they have to be, right? Same species and all…

    But what if they’re not. What if they’re all just robots?

    Or Simulated? Or just a figment of your imagination?

    Maybe nothing exists. Maybe there is no meaning.

    Perhaps, the true meaning of life is nihilism.

    Thank you for coming to my ted talk, goodbye, and Class Dismissed.