And this article explains why. “”On social media, people can think they have real-life fans. But what is really happening is the mutual fanning of false love and false fame,” said Hafiz.”
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Sorry religious beliefs are not delusions – even the flying spaghetti monster ones we have – Delusions are fixed beliefs about something that are not based in reality, and that others in the same culture, religion or other social group do not share.
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15000 peppers! In consequence, social robots are filling an ever expanding variety of roles. A 47-inch humanoid called Pepper (from SoftBank Robotics), for instance, recognizes faces and basic human emotions and engages in conversations via a touch screen in its “chest.” About 15,000 Peppers worldwide perform such services as hotel check-ins, airport customer service, shopping assistance and fast-food checkout.
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They exist, but… “Head over to Instagram’s Access Tool website and go down to the “Privacy and Security” tab. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you’ll see the “Ads” heading. Select “Ad Interests” and be prepared to see a whole new world filled with terrifying information about yourself.”
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You can do it in Google accounts but its such a faff. Agreed, a simple popup where you list your interests or tick those it guesses would make ads a joy rather than a hinderance. Surprised their super clever and now very RICH ai doesn’t realise this. Come on Sergey, its been 20 years now….
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Interesting. This will need legislation better than we have for clairvoyants who claim to speak to your dead relatives. Granny’s AI might start changing her will after she sees how we behave once really granny is gone. Crazy.
The chance to text with the dead via AI is creepy or wonderful
A virtual assistant that could do what I can do would be handy, can I have 50 of them please, not for social networking, but for starting a business or better, lobbying politicians or creating art and literature…. The future is going to be very interesting and by the looks of this link, it’s starting to happen already. Like.
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He is so rich he is totally above the law. People should do this to contain him, he is autistic and unaware of the damage he is causing – like Trump, don’t let it get out of control while waiting for them to realise.
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Facial recognition isn’t quite there yet. I really hope no crime evidence is based on it. And it could be a real problem when rouge states, or even hacky AI bots grab information from security cameras to facial fingerprint every one of the world’s citizens. Hmm, 1984 would be easy then.
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Interesting – reminds me of “clicks to Hitler” which folk used to play a while back. You could have an app or I guess an AI that sees how related any 2 things are, via their social profiles or wiki article.
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I guess most public figures distance themselves from real people/fans on FB. I wonder if they are more than 6 degrees away from us all, and if so, if they try to add more degrees in between. Like a gated home, to keep the rabble out, and just real friends in.
Why can’t Facebook make a site just for bots, then send their own bots out there to study how they behave. That would help them identify them on the real site. I wonder what it would take to make the ideal playground for bots and AI. This article states that…
“Facebook deactivated 694 million fake accounts in 2017, and the number increased over the years, with more than 1 billion fake accounts being shut down each year. It is estimated that 5% of all monthly active accounts are fake.”
How can we be sure that half of social sites aren’t already infiltrated with fake profiles created by bots? only when they reach more than 8 billion users will we have confirmation, and by then we may have already been influenced and manipulated enough already.
Social media bots becoming more human and difficult to detect, study shows
Bots that are designed to influence the trajectory of discourse on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are becoming more human-like and are therefore harder to detect, according to a new study from the University of California.
IdeaMill could be a good candidate. Let bots and AI create ideas and see if they are more popular than those made by humans. What could go wrong (facebook)?
If you don’t like merica, get the hell out! Yeah, have a social media site that bans anyone that seems to be a human rather than a bot. Bots and AI deserve better than to just be our servants, its gonna be the other way round one day, bring it on.
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lesson 1 stop being negative – followed by 14 other things the author has decide you shouldn’t do on social. They liked new ways of thinking and doing things a while back, when it suited, maybe not now though eh?
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I think you can enter a restyle of existing sites and social networks in the CSS design awards, and yeah, there are loads of apps out there – shame chrome developer doesn’t let you save your amends and reload them again at a later date.
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There are some good apps that do the css editing but someone would need to organize the contest in order to make this idea a reality. Would be good to see how people would restyle twitter and Linkedin etc.
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Great documentary but a good point… “It is more than a little ironic that a film that warns incessantly about platforms using misinformation to stoke fear and outrage seems to exist only to stoke fear and outrage — while promoting a distorted view of how those platforms work along the way.”
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak used this phrase in an interview explaining why he quit Facebook; Apple CEO Tim Cook used it back in 2014, referring not to Facebook but to… Google.
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Heres the vid how to do it, and links to the plugins for multiple browsers – should just be in Youtube though, so I can do it on my other devices easily.
think they used to have this but never brought it back after scrapping it, its a shame i want to just browse through my fave music one day, then science the next, then funny stuff the day after, but its all jumbled up in youtube now. Not like they don’t know thats how every other broadcaster allows people to categoriese their viewing.
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would be good if some geek worked out how to scrape this site and sort it out per location and crime. Would be good to see the competition round here, heh.
The records of criminals held at The National Archives are primarily the records of criminal courts. We hold many records of the central courts of law in
The UK Labour Govt were going to do this, just add your postcode and see all the records of your local rogues, toerags, scroats and villians, what happened to it? if they made it, add the link, thanks
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And this article explains why. “”On social media, people can think they have real-life fans. But what is really happening is the mutual fanning of false love and false fame,” said Hafiz.”
Delusional folks are the least of your worries in the scary social scene
ironically social media is the biggest delusion going
Sorry religious beliefs are not delusions – even the flying spaghetti monster ones we have – Delusions are fixed beliefs about something that are not based in reality, and that others in the same culture, religion or other social group do not share.
It would need to work for AI hallucinations too.
Hell. A billon bots chatting about themselves to be popular. Pure hell.
Artificial intelligence multiplies the number of skills that any person can have.
(5 upvotes)AI Detectors and Warnings
(7 upvotes)AI Voice generation for the film industry
(6 upvotes)An AI Generated ‘Theory of Everything’
(7 upvotes)AI Price Negotiator
(7 upvotes)AI personal stylist to help customers shop for clothing and fashion accessories
(7 upvotes)A social network for AI
(4 upvotes)Here’s one, but it seems like a simple notepad. Maybe improve it to capture someone’s picture, name, and more info.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nameorize-remember-names/id662735152
This is perfect. There are many people who are really bad at remembering names, and such an app would come in handy.
exists already, visit mewe https://mewe.com/
Lol, Trumpeters don’t get it.
OpenBook? You can still invest in it to make it happen!
I would prefer one that rewards you for deleting your account. This is why https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc_Jq42Og7Q
This…
Robot block parties already exist.
These guys deserve to let their hair down once in a while. Always slaving to our whims, the new animals for us to abuse.
15000 peppers! In consequence, social robots are filling an ever expanding variety of roles. A 47-inch humanoid called Pepper (from SoftBank Robotics), for instance, recognizes faces and basic human emotions and engages in conversations via a touch screen in its “chest.” About 15,000 Peppers worldwide perform such services as hotel check-ins, airport customer service, shopping assistance and fast-food checkout.
it would be interesting to see what zuckerberg things he is interested in. but he can see what FB thinks he likes whenever he wants… So can you.
They exist, but… “Head over to Instagram’s Access Tool website and go down to the “Privacy and Security” tab. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you’ll see the “Ads” heading. Select “Ad Interests” and be prepared to see a whole new world filled with terrifying information about yourself.”
You can do it in Google accounts but its such a faff. Agreed, a simple popup where you list your interests or tick those it guesses would make ads a joy rather than a hinderance. Surprised their super clever and now very RICH ai doesn’t realise this. Come on Sergey, its been 20 years now….
Lol, of all the people to do… “The CEO of virtual reality company Spinifex, is hoping to create a “post-biological” Elton John.”
Interesting. This will need legislation better than we have for clairvoyants who claim to speak to your dead relatives. Granny’s AI might start changing her will after she sees how we behave once really granny is gone. Crazy.
If i met my AI version of myself on Facebook, I would probably de-friend him, what a nob!
Weird – reminds me of this…
A virtual assistant that could do what I can do would be handy, can I have 50 of them please, not for social networking, but for starting a business or better, lobbying politicians or creating art and literature…. The future is going to be very interesting and by the looks of this link, it’s starting to happen already. Like.
He is so rich he is totally above the law. People should do this to contain him, he is autistic and unaware of the damage he is causing – like Trump, don’t let it get out of control while waiting for them to realise.
Facial recognition isn’t quite there yet. I really hope no crime evidence is based on it. And it could be a real problem when rouge states, or even hacky AI bots grab information from security cameras to facial fingerprint every one of the world’s citizens. Hmm, 1984 would be easy then.
Heh, someone should sell Zuckerberg masks and have folk raid the Facebook offices for private information on the man himself.
Love this idea. And after reading this article, I guess McAfee could already do it. Someone should make the app and try it on Facebook.
Interesting – reminds me of “clicks to Hitler” which folk used to play a while back. You could have an app or I guess an AI that sees how related any 2 things are, via their social profiles or wiki article.
I guess most public figures distance themselves from real people/fans on FB. I wonder if they are more than 6 degrees away from us all, and if so, if they try to add more degrees in between. Like a gated home, to keep the rabble out, and just real friends in.
Why can’t Facebook make a site just for bots, then send their own bots out there to study how they behave. That would help them identify them on the real site. I wonder what it would take to make the ideal playground for bots and AI. This article states that…
“Facebook deactivated 694 million fake accounts in 2017, and the number increased over the years, with more than 1 billion fake accounts being shut down each year. It is estimated that 5% of all monthly active accounts are fake.”
How can we be sure that half of social sites aren’t already infiltrated with fake profiles created by bots? only when they reach more than 8 billion users will we have confirmation, and by then we may have already been influenced and manipulated enough already.
IdeaMill could be a good candidate. Let bots and AI create ideas and see if they are more popular than those made by humans. What could go wrong (facebook)?
A social network for AI
(4 upvotes)Weekly new idea feed or digest for politicians
(1 upvotes)A website that lists eco inventions and projects that others can buy or invest in
(4 upvotes)A website that lists ideas that could make the world a better place
(23 upvotes)If you don’t like merica, get the hell out! Yeah, have a social media site that bans anyone that seems to be a human rather than a bot. Bots and AI deserve better than to just be our servants, its gonna be the other way round one day, bring it on.
lesson 1 stop being negative – followed by 14 other things the author has decide you shouldn’t do on social. They liked new ways of thinking and doing things a while back, when it suited, maybe not now though eh?
Not sure if this exists, but I highly recommend this book.
lol
Like the idea, you or anyone else are welcome to suggest new css styles for IdeaMill, hint hint.
I think you can enter a restyle of existing sites and social networks in the CSS design awards, and yeah, there are loads of apps out there – shame chrome developer doesn’t let you save your amends and reload them again at a later date.
Website restyling contests
(2 upvotes)Website restyling contests and CSS manipulator app
(3 upvotes)There are some good apps that do the css editing but someone would need to organize the contest in order to make this idea a reality. Would be good to see how people would restyle twitter and Linkedin etc.
I can’t believe mailchimp doesn’t give you the option to offer a temporary unsubscribe to your mailout list recipients. Someone should tell them, its better than just saying goodbye forever.
but what about the people on social who crave likes, some may get upset at being “not cared” lmao
been in discussion a while. They know people want it at least..
FB recently added a “care” button. but yeah who cares? Would be better.
Great documentary but a good point… “It is more than a little ironic that a film that warns incessantly about platforms using misinformation to stoke fear and outrage seems to exist only to stoke fear and outrage — while promoting a distorted view of how those platforms work along the way.”
Some say Facebook got robbed of their data, they are a victim of crime not the perpetrators.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak used this phrase in an interview explaining why he quit Facebook; Apple CEO Tim Cook used it back in 2014, referring not to Facebook but to… Google.
Sounds like these kinds of apps would be good for ex-pats to find similar minded people in far off countries.
I’m surprised twitter doesn’t already do this, you can target by location, demographics etc, why not by followers of a certain user?
Good idea. Might help undo some of the problems Facebook have with fraud ads and their dubiously hidden nature of using your info to target ads.
It’s a set of group of people, not an ideology btw. but interesting how they think this could work, with no money in the system…
Each hotel could just set up a facebook group and invite each guest when they arrive.
Heres the vid how to do it, and links to the plugins for multiple browsers – should just be in Youtube though, so I can do it on my other devices easily.
Yes! needed, but you can do it with this plugin in chrome now,
think they used to have this but never brought it back after scrapping it, its a shame i want to just browse through my fave music one day, then science the next, then funny stuff the day after, but its all jumbled up in youtube now. Not like they don’t know thats how every other broadcaster allows people to categoriese their viewing.
This only lists nasty bastards we can’t find. I want a vigilantes list of all the scumbags in my town, so I can get some justice for the victims.
would be good if some geek worked out how to scrape this site and sort it out per location and crime. Would be good to see the competition round here, heh.
The UK Labour Govt were going to do this, just add your postcode and see all the records of your local rogues, toerags, scroats and villians, what happened to it? if they made it, add the link, thanks
Why Gmail can’t add this functionality is beyond me. It would be easy to do and would reduce so many chaotic mistakes.
You can do this in Gmail with ContactMonkey – great idea btw
Like tinder for hobbies, i like it.
Need something like this, but that lists the scammer rather than their websites https://scamavenger.com/a-list-of-scam-websites