Re: Disguised AI bots in social platforms

In comp.misc Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:

On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:42:32 -0000 (UTC)
Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
 

In comp.misc Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:

On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:14:58 -0000 (UTC)
Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
 
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There's almost always some ultimate financial motive behind even
those things that are "disinformation".  Find that underlying motive
and snip it off and the incentives go away.  The underlying
financial motive can be difficult to discern in some cases.
 
But compared to the spammers with clear financial motives (either
direct sales or by scams) the percentage that are 'disinformation'
is relatively small vs.  the huge pile of clearly sales/scam
spamming occurring.  So it would be helpful overall if those had
their oxygen cut off, because that leaves only the smaller set of
kooks with their disinformation to actively ignore.

 
But there are also political types and governments pushing their own
agendas. (Propaganda).

 
There's also a 'financial' incentive there, in that said
government/political types want to keep either tax revenue flowing in,
or keep their nice cushy job prospects open when they leave their
political seat.
 
Granted, it is by far much harder to snip off the finances there
(usually involves a revolt and regime change) so those do tend to stay
entrenched far longer than one would like.

 
I was thinking specifically of the Russian attempts at misinformation
about Ukraine. This, ISTM, is more about some "Greater Russia" plan than
pure economics.

However, a "Greater Russia" plan does bring more money to both the
Russian leaders (i.e.  Putin and others) and the Russian Oligarchs that
support them.  If "Russia" is "greater" then more money will flow into
the pockets of Putin and his allies, so there is still a financial
incentive at play.

This, however, is one of those financial incentives that is harder to
"cut off" without a lot of violence.