Ask HN: How will people know when they’re interacting with real people online?

1 points by sanirank 3 years ago | 3 comments

AI powered chats, image and deepfake video generation apps are getting so good so quickly, it’s not hard to imagine a time in the very near future when people don’t feel they’re able to trust whoever they’re chatting with or speaking to is who they say they are unless they’re actually seeing them in person. I’m curious what technology or product(s) is/are being developed to help ordinary people address this coming crisis of trust

MilnerRoute 3 years ago |

Several AI-powered robocalls hit my phone last month. They had voice-recognition software, thought it seemed programmed to get me to consent to speaking to a live operator. But I really resented them pretending to be human when they weren't. So I just asked it a question that a human could answer that an AI couldn't. (Something like "Did you watch the Super Bowl this year?")

Once I even stumped one who'd said its name was Ashley just by asking: "What's the first letter of your first name?"

turtleyacht 3 years ago |

Reminds me of Eric Bernes' Games People Play. Most folks will find person+AI satisfactory--up until a real crisis occurs, or a crossed transaction. People will react as they do.

Intimacy happens with AI, even when it's obviously AI. Finding the real will be as it has always been: people who lift you up and sharpen your thoughts.

As with all things, go in with eyes wide open :)

zxcvbnm 3 years ago |

Ask it for a racist joke.