AI & Automation: Attempting To Be Artificially Natural
I am not a fan of complete or total automatic and I believe this is because the world is already mindless in many ways, and developing more technology that leans toward automation undermines the concept of ingenuity.
For example, I saw a particular film where a guy was generating love messages for someone he cared about, and he did this for a very long time. Morning and night, he would use his AI to generate creative love texts and send them to her, and one day, she discovered this technology and decided to end the relationship.
Now, does using AI imply that the guy does not love the girl? Of course he did. In fact, if there was anything, he began using it because he wanted to impress the girl, and two, he did not have much time on his hands at the time, so he wanted to do something extraordinary, and he succeeded.
Now, should not the girl be happy despite the fact that this guy had to work around the clock and still had time to text her? There was no doubt about the guy's intention; in fact, his ability to be productive was multiplied; he did his job and made his woman happy; who cares if he used AI? Apparently, the girl cared.
We can achieve a lot through automation, but can originality be completely replicated?
Nowadays, people want to write the perfect job application letter, the perfect business proposal, and even find the perfect answers to questions, and we do not want to leave any room for error, so we just want slap perfection for every need for improvement and betterment.
In reality, I believe automation should have its own industry; there are sectors and situations where automation is unavoidable and necessary, and the margin for human error cannot be tolerated, but we cannot apply it to almost every situation and opportunity.
The Hive Ecosystem
For example, consider the Hive ecosystem. Splinterlands has long had a divided player base due to the issue of the availability of bots to fight battles and compete. How real players are frustrated that bots are taking over the system and stealing their rewards.
Aside from the rewards, many players dislike the idea of playing against robots because they believe it is less exciting than playing against a real person.
Now, there are people who genuinely benefit from using these bots, in the sense that they can run their lives while still playing the game, and those who simply pump thousands of bots to cheat and take advantage of the SPS reward pool.
On Hive, there are also differing views on the issue of using AI for content generation. I know someone who argued that because he paid for the bot's services, he is well qualified to earn on Hive with the content it generates, and while he may not be entirely wrong, I believe he forgot that stakeholders have the right not to reward him for the content. I believe it boils down to acceptance.
Automation is not the problem; acceptance is
While some may argue that morality cannot prevent automation's impending dominance, I believe that in a place like Hive, the personal determinant of the reward pool on individual stakeholders is one of the primary reasons why automation may not fully take hold.
I read a post by DALZ today about the list of accounts on Hive that write the longest posts, and I believe more than 60% are automated or repetitive posts. Simply put, we cannot exceed our human limitations. When we put originality on the table, it is easy to tell what is original and what isn't.
People are looking for ways to make AI-generated content look more human and original; in other words, they want AI-generated content to appear as if it was done naturally rather than inorganically. It just does not make sense to me why we want something to be AI while also wanting it to appear natural.
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That's because people want to be perfect by all means but nothing beats "originality" in every aspects of human lives 👌
No matter how much we value AI, originality cannot be totally replicated through automation.
I mean, I think we should be able to tell ourselves the truth. Something like "hey boss, that application letter I wrote is AI generated"
You know, why being ashamed of it? If we're meant to be robots, I guess we would be designed to be so.
Haha 😂, I guess no one would be bold enough to disclose that he or she wrote a letter using Ai
That's just it, why ashamed of it, if you want to use it? That's what I really don't get
I completely agree. We shouldn't have to hide using it. I don't think we should be too upfront about it though, but if asked, we should admit it without fear or shame if it's indeed what we used. It's like using a calculator to solve a problem and when asked, lying that you did it all by yourself. There's no shame in using a calculator. If you know you'll be ashamed of using it, that signals that you probably shouldn't be using it in the first place then.
Haha this took a less disappointing turn than I imagined. I thought it would be something along the lines of "One day, they meet in person and he's a completely different person in the way he talks or acts".
I didn't know about this. Just finding out. Interesting stuff.
I need to look up Dalz's post. It sounds like something I'll want to check out.
Well we know that women wants men to be real in all their dealing, and she probably thought she was getting first hand texts and was disappointed it was written by something without feelings.
It's been one of the biggest and most controversial issues on splinterlands; bots. I mean, real human grinders don't really want it. It was just supposed to be something that helped people to actually play when they're not available, but it's been susceptible to abuse over the years
Yeah, that's the thing with machines - people will use them for the wrong reasons. It's a given. Is there a way to tell when someone is playing with a bot though?
You can't tell lool, but you will notice a pattern in their strategy, it's always the same and you'll notice that you're constantly playing the same set of players.
I just took another look at the cover photo. Bro, do you game? Like COD type gaming and things. That’s a powerful machine!
My roommate two years ago owned that laptop lol, I was just a photographer taking advantage
Lol this guy needs to bill you. You’ve used him a lot for photo practice.😂😂😂😂
Hehe, I took those pictures on 2022 when I was still very explorative with my camera. I haven't shot anything worthy in over 15 months.
Can human originality be created by a computer/ AI? Interesting concept that has been explored in movies for years. Did you ever see the 1980's film "Weird Science" where the two nerds create a perfect woman using a supercomputer. Nothing really the intent of your post, but it did remind me of the concept!
Now I don't think I've seen the film you mention, but it's possible AI can use existing models to create somewhat unique information. Maybe? Things have changed a lot since I started in computer programming in high school, there was still arguments over whether a computer could ever truly select a random number. Night and day...
AI can't create completely original material yet, and algorithms used tend to be easily identifiable. Every day they are getting better and better but here on Hive anything generated by AI is not rewarded. And you're right it comes down to acceptance. It some areas it is accepted, and with time may be even be more accepted here. Time changes everything I've found, adapt or die is the moral of the story in the end I suppose...
Great post, sorry about the rambled response!
Ahhh I don't think I've watched a film farther than 1995 lol. But then, imagine a film Made in 1980 actually predicting AI and it's use. I think if people can create their perfect partner in an alternate reality, they would, but we know that it just a wild imagination.
The film I mentioned is sci-fi and I don't really remember the title now, but I think it was made in 2023 or so, I can't remember. So I'm guessing they created the concept of that AI to be advanced, smart and do the things that will be considered impossible for AI currently.
At the end of the day, I just think 70% of people frown on it on Hive, I just think they do because of the reward aspect.
Ahh, never mind. Thanks for the good thought. How have you been?
I let a bot play Wild for me and I do it understanding the consequences. The most important one is not that real players won't like that I play Wild with a bot, but that my skill in the game diminished and I am not as good as I used to be, even though I still play Brawls.
This is a marginal example, although I see many people making a big deal out of it. But I see a bigger impact when you let AI write for you, because then you let it think for you, and your critical thinking, your writing skills take a major hit. That eventually correlates to the subjects you are able to coherently talk about, which simply makes the persons who approach things this way... appear and be dumber than they were when they used their own brain.
That's why I don't care as much about bots in Wild for Splinterlands (which is a game) compared to something that may have a serious impact on someone's ability to express themselves coherently.
I don't think using a bot in wild is bad, I think it became concerning when it was subjective to abuse. You know, people owning hundreds of accounts just to farm SPS. I think this was the reason why the wild pass was introduced.
In reality, I'm not comparing the use of bot on splinterlands and using AI. They're two different things, but I was just trying to make emphasis on automation..
Yeah, I added the Splinterlands parallel because it was an example of what happens to your skill once automation takes over. The same or worse would happen with AI generated content, except in this case it should matter more for the author, in my opinion.
Well, I don't think some people actually cared, especially if they have auto votes and all that. Something like that might mess the flow of content creators and just make them outrightly greedy
Ok, if someone never created content themselves, they won't lose much. Although from my experience, creating content helps with the flow of ideas and the easiness to express them.
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It's hard because AI can be good and bad. For example, Splinterland bots wouldn't be so bad if they didn't earn rewards and were just to fill matches where people can't find a match. However, all those bots in Wild caused a ton of issues and printed a ton of cards. It was detrimental to the game. I think it will be a part of our lives eventually and we can't stop technology from developing though.
I think splinterlands Inc never envisaged bots overprinting cards and it becoming an issue as well. I think they didn't really prepare for it, and now it's now become a big thing to actually ban it