“Should this even be released?” Deep learning tool that may be used for doxxing
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#2 If the tool is as accurate as the author implies, I think it would be great to release it for literary analysis. For example, it might help to determine which fragments of Shakespeare plays are written by Shakespeare and which, if any, were remembered incorrectly by the actors who reconstructed them after his death.
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#3If it works, prove it by unmasking Satoshi Nakamoto.
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#4Satoshi can probably be revealed using these techniques. It's a double-edge sword.
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#5Yeah, it should be released.
I mean sure, there are various 'immoral' uses for it (like doxxing), but there are also many good ones. Such as:
1. Working out who wrote a bunch of anonymous reviews on Amazon or other such sites, which could be used to stop fake reviews. You actually mention this usage in your article.
2. Being able to identify troublemakers in a community (such as a forum or a social networking site). I'm sure a lot of administrators would love to know if that suspicious looking new guy is the alias of a banned troll from a few weeks back (posting through a proxy server).
3. Literary analysis, like working out who wrote many anonymous works of fiction. Or as someone said below, determining which parts of Shakespeare plays were actually written by Shakespeare.
4. Crime solving. If it works anywhere near as well as you say, it could theoretically help unmask the Zodiac Killer, or perhaps even Jack the Ripper (if any of those letters were real).
All the uses above would be a net positive for humanity, and would be great possible uses for a deep learning tool like this.
Don't let the worries about its usage by 'bad' people overshadow the good you can do by releasing it.
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#6If the tool is as accurate as the author implies, I think it would be great to release it for literary analysis. For example, it might help to determine which fragments of Shakespeare plays are written by Shakespeare and which, if any, were remembered incorrectly by the actors who reconstructed them after his death.
Yeah but conversely, or, rather additionally it could be used to unmask anonymous authors who for political reasons wish to remain anonymous, like whistleblowers, dissidents, etc.
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#7Yeah, it should be released. I mean sure, there are various 'immoral' uses for it (like doxxing), but there are also many good ones. Such as: 1. Working out who wrote a bunch of anonymous reviews on Amazon or other such sites, which could be used to stop fake reviews. You actually mention this usage in your article. 2. Being able to identify troublemakers in a community (such as a forum or a social networking site).…
Well, if it works, it probably only works for a little while. This is because people who don't want to be identified can run it too, and they can change their prose until they can't be identified.
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#8Yeah, it should be released. I mean sure, there are various 'immoral' uses for it (like doxxing), but there are also many good ones. Such as: 1. Working out who wrote a bunch of anonymous reviews on Amazon or other such sites, which could be used to stop fake reviews. You actually mention this usage in your article. 2. Being able to identify troublemakers in a community (such as a forum or a social networking site).…
>"2. Being able to identify troublemakers in a community (such as a forum or a social networking site). I'm sure a lot of administrators would love to know if that suspicious looking new guy is the alias of a banned troll from a few weeks back (posting through a proxy server)."
Orwellian.
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#9It would be interesting to create a tool with the opposite functionality which would take writing in one's own idiosyncratic style as input, and output writing in a more generic style. Better still if it improved composition and presentation.
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#10Yeah, it should be released. I mean sure, there are various 'immoral' uses for it (like doxxing), but there are also many good ones. Such as: 1. Working out who wrote a bunch of anonymous reviews on Amazon or other such sites, which could be used to stop fake reviews. You actually mention this usage in your article. 2. Being able to identify troublemakers in a community (such as a forum or a social networking site).…
Well not necessarily.
1 and 2 could both be a bet negative for humanity just as easily as they could be a positive.