It looks like it's just a matter of time for "Computer Use" like tools becomes commoditised and widely available. I'm worried that this could upend our usual ways of filtering out bot activity with no simple way to go back. Sites that already have bot problems, like social platforms and socket puppet profiles or ticketing services and scalpers, might become even harder to deal with.
Sometimes I think the dead internet theory might not have been so far off, just a bit early in its timing. It really feels like we're about to cross a line where real humans and AI agents online activities blend in ways we can't reliably untangle.
Sometimes I think the dead internet theory might not have been so far off, just a bit early in its timing. It really feels like we're about to cross a line where real humans and AI agents online activities blend in ways we can't reliably untangle.