Most of us know by now that many popular online forums are plagued with bots, some more advanced than others.
I propose that they are not only participating in existing debates but creating entirely new debates and re-kindling old ones, such as with the flat earth idiocy.
What if the goal of alphabet agency X is to test its advanced AI to see how well it can influence online debate, change opinions, and get people to waste their time. starting from a completely ridiculous foundation such as 'flat earth'?
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iDontShift ago
sorry, but your wrong about this one.
the flat earth is real, probably ... lol.
but the evidence we have, gyroscopes for example, prove we are on a stationary plane. gyroscopes maintain their plane... on a rotating earth they should rotate every 24 hours 360 degrees. this is logical. but it doesn't happen. they don't move, at all.
then we have the suez canal.. 100 miles, completely flat, no drop. globe earth predicts 80 feet of drop. where is it? water is level, clearly, based on the reflections that appear to run the entire length of a lake, if it was curved it would not do that, it would be limited to a small spot.