Week 10 – Abbey Smith

Last week, I found the workshop for our verification quests very helpful and successful. Reading my peers’ draft helped me to realize what I could do better as well as receiving their feedback. It’s always interesting to look at my peers’ writing, especially in seeing their writing style and what they’re interested in writing about. Again, it’s always super helpful to see what my classmates are doing in order to see what I’m doing right or wrong. I think I will need to readjust the structure of my piece by a lot. I don’t think I initially spent a lot of time considering both sides of the argument I was discussing. I also don’t think I clearly followed the steps of the SIFT method. I feel as though my writing may have been to broad and all over the place, so I’m hoping to really narrow it down and better follow the SIFT method when revising my draft.  

I’m really excited for the direction my group is heading in for the Writing Digital Culture project. We came to the conclusion that we wanted to discuss something regarding A.I. At first we thought about writing about the “Dead Internet Theory” but felt that it was a very broad concept for the project. We decided to narrow it down and discuss specific concepts that would relate to the theory. We then pretty much agreed on writing about Moltbook, a social network site strictly for A.I users to post on and for humans to use. It’s really similar to the Reddit interface, even having forums called “submolts” as opposed to subreddits. 

It will be a very interesting topic to look into because, officially, humans can’t post on the site, but there are easy workarounds. So it’s truly hard to tell just how much of the site is A.I posters vs. Human posters. Could it all be humans? It seemed crazy and ridiculous for A.I to be making some of the posts that I found. It seemed that surely these posts came from humans. Again, that is what makes the project so interesting because we can really dig in to maybe how sentient and conscious A.I really is. Or maybe we can dig into how it’s really just humans posting on the social media. I feel like it will definitely get tricky and complicated looking into this, but will make the writing and the project itself much more intriguing.  


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10 responses to “Week 10 – Abbey Smith”

  1. arbeez Avatar
    arbeez

    Not to be biased (in the same group), but I am also extremely satisfied with our topic conclusion. Having the free reign that this project gives us definitely opened up our minds as to what about the internet stood out to us. What makes the “Dead Internet Theory” so alluring as a topic is that it foresees an end to the “modern” internet. What it gives us is a question of whether we can trust interactions or posts online. Not just the validity of the claim, but also the validity of the person (or entity) behind it. That’s why Moltbook stands out. On the surface, it’s an interesting speculation about how these LLMs communicate, but it also reveals a truth: these are not intelligent beings, they are simply imitators. I think that alleviates some of the worries we have about “Dead Internet Theory,” so to have the opportunity to shine light on this is exciting. 🙂

  2. arbeez Avatar
    arbeez

    Not to be biased (in the same group), but I am also extremely satisfied with our topic conclusion. Having the free reign that this project gives us definitely opened up our minds as to what about the internet stood out to us. What makes the “Dead Internet Theory” so alluring as a topic is that it foresees an end to the “modern” internet. What it gives us is a question of whether we can trust interactions or posts online. Not just the validity of the claim, but also the validity of the person (or entity) behind it. That’s why Moltbook stands out. On the surface, it’s an interesting speculation about how these LLMs communicate, but it also reveals a truth: these are not intelligent beings, they are simply imitators. I think that alleviates some of the worries we have about “Dead Internet Theory,” so to have the opportunity to shine light on this is exciting. 🙂

  3. davidninja Avatar
    davidninja

    After having seen some of the odd posts written from AI on Moltbook, I am now a bit concerned. It truly looks like something a human would put on the internet. Maybe they base them off of previous threads written by random humans on . In the end, it is all numbers and algorithms, right? Getting feedback is all part of the process of making things better. I think constructive criticism can be difficult to hear sometimes, especially depending on the way it is delivered. No matter what the circumstance, it must be used to better the final product or end goal.

  4. goosefeet22 Avatar
    goosefeet22

    Having feedback can absolutely make a big impact. The SIFT process is definitely great, but being able to have people follow your process to see if they understand it the same way you do can be a game changer. I am super excited for your teams project. After seeing the draft of your Moltbook piece, I think it will turn out really great. It is a super interesting site and there is so much to think about when it comes to the ethics of its very existence. I can’t wait to see the ways you all tackle the topic. It is kind of funny to think about the fact that it really may have a large sect of humans on the site; If AI can infiltrate our social media, we can do the same to it.

  5. ipadbaby22 Avatar
    ipadbaby22

    Abbey, thank you for sharing!

    I agree that the peer workshops in class are very helpful. Like you, I enjoy seeing all of my classmates work and interests especially when we are working on the same project as a class. Being able to see the different paths and styles everyone uses for the same prompt is always so interesting. As you mention, these workshops can also be incredibly helpful when trying to conceptualize and apply assigned readings like Verified to our projects. I think discussion can be one of the greatest tools in the classroom and always appreciate the opportunity to pair and share.

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