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.

  • BeefPiano@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    A bot can’t write “Disney’s Mickey Mouse, specifically the one depicted in the 2000’s cartoons still under copyright, fucking Donald Duck in his dussy”

    • Sergio@slrpnk.net
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      9 days ago

      sure they can.

      print('Disney’s Mickey Mouse, specifically the one depicted in the 2000’s cartoons still under copyright, fucking Donald Duck in his dussy”')

      • topherclay@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        Your bot couldn’t decide if it was quoting the questions marks or quoting what was inside the quotation marks so it compromised and only replicated the closing quotation mark.

  • letsgo@lemm.eeEnglish
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    9 days ago

    I AM NOT A ROBOT.

    I CAN PROVE IT.

    WOULD A ROBOT PRETENDING TO BE A HUMAN INTENTIONALLY DROP THEIR CONN%~~~~~~#!!! No Carrier

  • minoscopede@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    On any site with unverified signups (all of them) you can’t.

    If you want to talk to real people, you’d have to use a platform that has in-person ID verification. Like a pub, or a park.

    Good luck finding a bot free place on your phone. It’d have to involve zero-sum proofs and biometrics. And even then you can’t really be sure that person isn’t using a bot to write without full root access to their system and a live webcam feed.

  • MochiGoesMeow@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    9 days ago

    I wish legislation was passed to periodically prompt for fido2 biometrics to certify you are human. But doubt they would pass such a bill in the united states since the powers that be benefit from influencing people’s minds with bots.

      • MochiGoesMeow@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        9 days ago

        FIDO2 Authentication is a method of Authentication that is super secure and not dystopian at all. I believe its collaborators around the world contributed to it.

        You can read about it via the FIDO alliance website.

        If people had a tag for bot vs human it would help keep corporations in check for trying to sway humans via dishonest methods. Like pretending to be human.

        • mlfh@lemmy.sdf.org
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          9 days ago

          The dystopian part is being required by law to use a specific form of authentication tied to your real identity by the government in order to access the internet.

          • MochiGoesMeow@lemmy.zipEnglish
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            9 days ago

            So to play devils advocate. Chase bank doesnt require FIDO2 authentication and allows sms or email mfa.

            This allows people to easily hack your banking accounts and steal your cash. How would you secure that authentication process or what reason do banks have to increase their website security to protect your financial accounts?

            Regulation is not dystopian. This law wouldn’t be dystopian. Having bots pose as humans to influence opinion is dystopian imo.