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This 'College Protester' Isn't Real. It's an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops

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235 points colinprince | 1 comments | 17 Apr 25 13:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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hliyan ◴[17 Apr 25 14:42 UTC] No.43717617[source]▶
I sometimes wonder whether the end result of this proliferation of bots is the creation of a "premium" Internet where you are authenticated as a real person before entering. I don't mean a walled garden or a gated platform like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc. I mean some sort of application layer protocol running on top of TCP that has real world authentication built in. Any application built on top of that protocol is guaranteed to be used by only real human beings.
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TYPE_FASTER ◴[17 Apr 25 14:50 UTC] No.43717743[source]▶
I've been thinking about this. I think we may have enough standards to build it today on top of existing protocols.
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csense ◴[17 Apr 25 14:52 UTC] No.43717778[source]▶
So what happens if Eve authenticates as a human, then gives Mal (an AI) access to her screen and keyboard?
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1. sejje ◴[17 Apr 25 14:54 UTC] No.43717808[source]▶
Yes, see other places where humans are supposed to be guaranteed, and bots get banned--like online poker or video games.

They're crowded with bots.