Poayjay

Age verification is ID verification. By requiring ID site owners effectively have a monopoly on the bot armies infesting reddit, YouTube, Facebook, etc. These armies aren’t going away. They are just getting smarter and more influential with AI.

Everyone is focusing on the privacy aspect and glossing over the fact that these laws give Silicon Valley complete control over online discourse. They’ll know who exactly who you are and how best to manipulate you with their bots.

I feel like the word “glitch” is also too humanizing. There wasn’t a programming error, the LLM picked what was statistically likely to come next. It’s working as it’s suppose to. “Glitch” implies some error.

Imagine if the AI bots learn to target and prioritize content not generated by AI (if they aren’t already). Labeling your content as organic makes it so much more appetizing for bots.

Uber: We just facilitate rides between our “independent contractors” and customers. We’re not liable for anything that happens

Amazon: We just facilitate purchases between our “independent retailers” and customers. We’re not liable for anything that happens

AirBnB: We just facilitate rentals between our “independent landlords” and customers. We’re not liable for anything that happens

It’s nice to see the first steps in destroying this completely BS business model. Hopefully this can start a domino effect.