[ziddoap]

>Wait, why are people not allowed to change their mind on something

I don't think parent comment is suggesting that people aren't allowed to change their mind.

They are pointing out that many people yell "hypocrite!" when someone does change their mind. It's already a phenomenon on social media where people will dig through someone's post history and drag them through the coals, using previous stances on a topic in an attempt to discredit the current stance. Parent is suggesting that this problem would be exacerbated.

[int_19h]

I think that people will stop yelling "hypocrite!" once they themselves get repeatedly get called out on the same by others.

Our reactions to stuff like that are defined largely by our cultural expectations, but those are in turn constantly shaped by what is made possible or impossible by technology. Back in the pre-voicemail phone era, for example, people would routinely call someone and expect them to be available for a half-hour chat - you could turn it down, sure, but in many cases it would be considered impolite to do so as a matter of social convention. Then voicemail appeared, and SMS was the final nail in that coffin.

So I think that this problem will exist for a while, but if the tech that enables it persists long enough, it will eventually go on as conventions change to adapt to it.

[true_religion]

I disagree. People would instead become like modern politicians and never give an opinion.

[justahuman74]

Politicians are trying really hard to show a particular public image, their job depends on it.

In my job you could call me a hypocrite all day and it wouldn't matter (though I'd find the uncreative repetition annoying)

[int_19h]

They won't have that option, because AI will happily infer their actual opinions from things they do say (and how they say them).