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by sjbase 2802 days ago
Does it matter if a robot can build a car? People can build cars.

Of course it matters. A bot can scale to appear as millions of people. So whoever wields the most compelling bots gets a massive force-multiplier for their opinions and objectives. Or more likely, grants that power to the highest bidder.
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amelius 2801 days ago
> A bot can scale to appear as millions of people.

Meanwhile, labor in Asia is quite cheap ...

Also, they might use bots for the "easy" people, and real human workers for more alert people.

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trukterious 2801 days ago
Not really -- for instance, at HN we pay more attention to comments that explain stuff well, refer to sources, and so on.

The bots might be a blessing, in some ways, if they result in more people looking for good explanations rather than for assertions or herd direction; assessing ideas rather than their sources.

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