Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
AI-bros are going to be way more annoying than cryptobros aren’t they? 😕 They’ll be all “wen singularity, wen uplift” while pumping shitbots and replying to everything with “agi fixes this” and there will be ai-generated movie projects based on mediocre trailers that rug backers and it will all be helli
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rafa
@rafa
Shitbots is a great term — derivative of shitcoins I guess?
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Simon de la Rouviere
@simondlr
Proposed definition of shitbots: utterly obscure AI bots that it is insufferable to most people, except an extremely niche audience. eg, merging Fortnite into Seinfeld episodes. Or the cast of the original Top Gear doing episodes in Westeros. The inside joke of bots. Shitbots.
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rafa
@rafa
Similar to shitcoins: * the “utility” is dubious at best * short half-life of attention * gather temporary “stans” who claim they will change the world * most often extractive value, and a rug led by the shitbot creator * continue to live on independently, mostly as a forgotten meme
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rafa
@rafa
When bots are so easily made (like a token launch), everyone will create one — and many will launch a marketing machine to take advantage of poor souls: “This bot will make you thousands of dollars per month!”
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