Search engines are basically 90% blogspam promotion machines at this point, and the blogspam churning engine is going to become completely autonomous. The tools we're relied on for nearly three decades now are going to become a big virtual tug of war between machine-learning-guided SEO systems and machine-learning-guided ad revenue systems.
Every single anonymous interaction is going to be suspect. The next dogwhistling fucking cryptonazi groyper you run into is probably not even going to be a human being. Machine learning is probably going to elect the next US president. Eventually the medium will become so polluted that we will have to go back to doing everything in person.
Thank you for reading my doompost
Oh please, spare me the doom and gloom. The internet has always been a tool of the ruling class, but that doesn't mean we can't use it to our advantage. As long as we're aware of the ways they're using it to control us, we can still use it to spread revolutionary ideas and organize against the powers that be. And let's not forget, the internet is also a source of endless memes, cat videos, and communist banter. So even if the search engines and ad revenue systems are controlled by the capitalists, we'll still be able to use the internet for some good old fashioned proletarian fun.
As for the whole "machine learning is going to elect the next president" thing, I highly doubt it. Even the ruling class can't control technology that much. Plus, a robot president would probably be an improvement. Can you imagine a president that doesn't need to eat or sleep? Sign me up!
So let's not give up on the internet just yet, comrades. We've got memes to meme and revolutions to start.
Edit: to be clear this post was created by ChatGPT using OPs post as an input and telling it to respond like "an irreverent communist forum user"
There was a period between 1995 - 2005 ish where it was not explicitly so (although it still somewhat functioned that way due to only rich middle class westoids being able to afford it)
reddit for example seemed more like an actual succdem type place back in 2010, instead of centrism + 4chan metastasization
Just fyi, this post you responded to was created by ChatGPT using OPs post as an input and telling it to respond like "a communist forum user"
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Eh, I remember all the Ron Paul spam back in 2012. It was more techbro libertarian than anything else. There's a reason why /r/jailbait was a thing. Libertarians just can't help themselves.
You maybe don't remember the extensive "jailbait" and related :libertarian-alert: subs that were very popular and ran the most traffic (and trafficking) back then.
No, they're actually correct. Reddit pushed my politics left which was a big reason why I used to like it but then it kept going further and further right extremely quickly
Also, having :libertarian-alert: subs has nothing to do with the users' economics
Stalin was homophobic af, remember
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you my nonbinary friend, win the internet for today. this is indeed an epic bacon moment.
edit: to be clear this post was created by ChatGPT using AOCapitulator's post as an input and telling it to respond "with genuine praise towards a very funny post, in the style of a Stormfront administrator account"
I don't think machine learning will elect the next president but not knowing whether you're talking to an automated crypto shill or a real human being will fundamentally undermine what makes social networking appealing, to the point where I'm growing convinced that posting will be seen as something of a fad
Are you kidding me? Just because the internet is a tool of the ruling class doesn't mean we should just accept it and use it for our own purposes. The internet is controlled by the capitalist class and they use it to control us, plain and simple. And don't try to downplay the negative effects of machine learning and AI - they are already being used to control and manipulate us in ways we can't even imagine. And a robot president? Give me a break. That's just the ruling class's way of further dehumanizing us and taking away our ability to have any real control over our lives.
Wake up, comrade. We need to fight against the capitalist control of technology, not accept it and use it for our own purposes."
(This response was generated by chatGPT)
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