How will people know when they’re interacting with real people online?

Question

AI powered chats, image and deepfake video generation apps are getting so good so quickly, it&rsquo;s not hard to imagine a time in the very near future when people don&rsquo;t feel they&rsquo;re able to trust whoever they&rsquo;re chatting with or speaking to is who they say they are unless they&rsquo;re actually seeing them in person. I&rsquo;m curious what technology or product(s) is/are being developed to help ordinary people address this coming crisis of trust

MilnerRoute · Accepted Answer

Several AI-powered robocalls hit my phone last month. They had voice-recognition software, thought it seemed programmed to get me to consent to speaking to a live operator. But I really resented them pretending to be human when they weren't. So I just asked it a question that a human could answer that an AI couldn't. (Something like "Did you watch the Super Bowl this year?")Once I even stumped one who'd said its name was Ashley just by asking: "What's the first letter of your first name?"

turtleyacht · Answer

Reminds me of Eric Bernes' Games People Play. Most folks will find person+AI satisfactory--up until a real crisis occurs, or a crossed transaction. People will react as they do.Intimacy happens with AI, even when it's obviously AI. Finding the real will be as it has always been: people who lift you up and sharpen your thoughts.As with all things, go in with eyes wide open :)

zxcvbnm · Answer

Ask it for a racist joke.