Today offline identities are self-reported, yet valuable for online status games.
Tomorrow they’ll all be deepfaked. You will be able to mimic the accent, language, appearance of anyone via AI.
Once that is abundant, identity is no longer scarce. So signaling shifts to crypto.
Tomorrow they’ll all be deepfaked. You will be able to mimic the accent, language, appearance of anyone via AI.
Once that is abundant, identity is no longer scarce. So signaling shifts to crypto.
https://twitter.com/drewharwell/status/1382700328353722378
Put another way, no one will believe your self-reported membership in group X, because (a) anyone will be able to deepfake their way into realistically appearing as a member of group X and (b) a real member of group X might not want to reveal themselves.
No scarcity of identity.
No scarcity of identity.
There are a few possible outcomes.
1) Full pseudonymity. Everyone works remote as whatever avatar they want to be & you aren’t supposed to ask who they “really” are.
2) Proof-of-X becomes standard for online status. Could be crypto, could be vaccines or even genes like 23andMe.
1) Full pseudonymity. Everyone works remote as whatever avatar they want to be & you aren’t supposed to ask who they “really” are.
2) Proof-of-X becomes standard for online status. Could be crypto, could be vaccines or even genes like 23andMe.
“Blockchain and AI will end identity politics & cancel culture” is the caricatured version.
And that *does* sound buzzwordy...but when identities can be deepfaked and cryptocurrencies can’t be, the entire social media environment of the 2010s will seem like a quaint relic.
And that *does* sound buzzwordy...but when identities can be deepfaked and cryptocurrencies can’t be, the entire social media environment of the 2010s will seem like a quaint relic.
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