[ExI] Will advancing AI hinder or help online discussion groups?

[Adrian Tymes]

You presume error free AIs that are capable of human-grade imagination and
are in every way superior to humans.  Reality is falling far short of that,
and that might not just be in the short term.

Besides, humans find it quite easy to criticize even the most logically
perfect human responses, and have for millenia.  Consider how humans would
respond if you had one of these hypothetical "perfect" AIs but people
thought they were speaking to a person.  Do you honestly believe they would
not criticize it?

It can already take hours of work to completely rebut a Gish gallop, and
that is demonstrably well within human capability.  Getting people to opt
out of further discussion because it takes so much effort to rebut is
rather the point, despite spewing so much incorrectness.

On Mon, Dec 23, 2024, 7:09 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> I was wondering how AI could affect discussion groups.
>
> AI could act as a powerful research assistant and provide information
> and possible problem solutions.
> Though at present we still have to check AI for'hallucinations' and errors.
>
> The disadvantages that I see are that people might become too reliant
> on AI and assume that 'AI knows best' and reduce their own critical
> thinking skills. And people could become intimidated by the apparent
> knowledge and reasoning power of AI and reduce their own contribution
> to discussions.
>
> In theory, AI could be a big help in discussions and problem-solving.
> But AI is becoming more powerful every month. People will find it more
> and more difficult to criticise an AI response. When faced with having
> to do hours of work to research and find reasons to oppose an AI
> comment, many busy people will just opt out of the discussion.
>
> So will AI kill discussions? Will it make us *less* social?
>
> BillK
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