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Comment by coffeefirst

6 days ago

Yes. The endgame is going to be everything will need to be signed and attached to a real person.

This is not a good thing.

>Yes. The endgame is going to be everything will need to be signed and attached to a real person.

Nah, ultimately the owner of the IP address posting the nonsense can be held responsible, claiming an AI agent posted it using credentials you created from your internet connection isn't some license to commit crimes.

Why not? I kinda like the idea of PGP signing parties among humans.

  • I don’t love the idea of completely abandoning anonymity or how easily it can empower mass surveillance. Although this may be a lost cause.

    Maybe there’s a hybrid. You create the ability to sign things when it matters (PRs, important forms, etc) and just let most forums degrade into robots insulting each other.

  • Lookup the number of people the British (not Chinese or Russian but the UK) government has put in jail for posting opinions and memes the politicians don't like. Then think about what the combination of no anonymous posting and jailing for opinions the government doesn't like means for society.

    • some opinions do deserve jail time though, such as inciting violence against an ethnic, religious, or other minority group.