From: soulkarsten@gmail.com   
      
   TheMon, 13 Oct 2025 14:33:55 +0100, Water Fountain wrote:   
      
   > zippy  writes:   
   >   
   >>>> They figured out mass manipulation through social media quickly   
   >>>> enough.   
   >>   
   >>> You have no idea how deeply LLMs have already penetrated society.   
   >>   
   >> Exactly - it's already happening.   
   >>   
   >> My fear is that people will be unable to function without AI much   
   >> sooner than we think.   
   >> Most people have already outsourced most of their thinking already,   
   >> this is just the logical next step.   
   >>   
   >> Also, if you thought social media-inspired narcissim was bad enough,   
   >> just wait until the new flavour drops.   
   >   
   > I am hoping that this will push for a renaissance to older protocols and   
   > tech, like we're doing here on usenet.   
   > There will always be a public ready to consoom the slop silicon valley   
   > will shit down their throats, but for a while now there has been more   
   > and more interest in "genuine" things like this group here.   
   >   
   > As you said, most people have already outsourced most of their thinking   
   > already, but I believe that those people barely did any thinking to   
   > begin with.   
   >   
   > If the Brave New World is a surface internet full of LLMs talking to   
   > each other, and the next level is smaller communities with users   
   > privately linking and inviting one another... am personally kinda okay   
   > with that.   
      
   Indeed, let the consumer/users get their slop, while others have their   
   nice, cozy little space.   
      
   That Usenet is freely accessible and free and with such amazing   
   infrastructure, is a real blessing   
      
      
      
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