GPT-3 generated blog post reach #1 on Hacker News

So, you’re experimenting on users without their knowledge? There’s a thing called ethics. You might want to look into that.

I didn't see the article at the time but from skimming it I'm sure I would have been fooled.

GPT-3 fits snugly into the pattern of "AI does intelligent thing -> we decide/realize thing doesn't reflect meaningful intelligence". Maybe in this case the devaluing of blog "crack" is a positive thing.

This is actually a great idea.

I've noticed a trend recently in a subreddit I frequent that obviously wrong statements are suddenly getting upvoted. I'm not talking about things that conflict with my opinions - I'm talking about statements that are demonstrably and objectively incorrect.

I think the issue is a critical mass of people very new to the topic at hand who upvote things that sound reasonable without having the knowledge to be able to engage with the statements even slightly critically. This forms a feedback loop as upvoted comments are assumed to be reasonable. It means you can say something blatantly wrong, but stated in a manner such that it assumes the form of a sensible insight, and be upvoted for it.

Something like the system you propose would do well to promote genuine insight above platitudes, and platitudes above superficially plausible misinformation.

And another article from the author's blog, that describes the whole game:

"What I would do with GPT-3 if I had no ethics" [8/3/20]

https://adolos.substack.com/p/what-i-would-do-with-gpt-3-if-...

> Ever since COVID hit, everyone and their mother started writing online. One of the most interesting ways people have been playing with this technology is in feeding it article headlines and introductions.

> While the output is not perfect, you can easily curate it to something that's convincing. This will make it so easy for people to just pump out clickbait articles to drive traffic.

> It would be pretty simple to do actually.

> First thing you would need to do is come up with a name. If it were me, I’d name it after the Greek god of deception or something like that just to be clever. Then I’d just stick an “A” in front so nobody gets suspicious.

> After that, I’d make a substack because it takes no time to set up. Once thats done you have to come up with some content. GPT-3 isn’t great with logic, so inspirational posts would probably be best, maybe some pieces on productivity too.

> Once you have your name, your website, and your content, its time to promote. Just start posting your articles on a website like Hacker News and a couple are bound to get popular.

HN submission from the blog post author, where the comments from dang reveal the author engaged in voting manipulation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24062702