https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2012/7/21/1112509/-The-Gentleperson-s-Guide-to-Forum-Spies
I'm sure we're all familiar with the information above. It's been automated and weaponized for ages. It barely requires any human input anymore.
There's plenty of different types of online personas it creates too. The user who posts cat videos but sometimes dabbles in politics. The hard core lefty who gradually becomes a righty. The hard core righty who gradually becomes a lefty. "People" who post real information consistently, and then start filtering in the propaganda. And, the reverse.
It used to all be done manually. Teams of people. Some of which still function. Many in fact. But the AI has put a lot of people out of a job, or, into another one.
"ChatGPT" is a silly drop in the public bucket. We don't even have the term "discourse weapons" in the public lexicon yet. Or "data weapons". Or "Information weapons". And there's a good chance we never will. Not even TikTok is being labeled that way, even by the US legislators who want to ban it. Wonder why.
Most everything you read, watch, or hear online, is a trick. Including this. And Infact, be wary of people who tell you something like that. "Don't take my word for it, do your own research" is just a lovely little tactic to build trust and prevent someone from looking into something.
There's a place in your center. A quiet place. You can visit it if you cultivate good men and women in your life, and build strong bonds and relationships. You can cultivate a light of truth with that genuinely positive energy. It takes time, and growth. But when you find that light in the center, I guarantee you, the blinders will fall off. At least, the first set will. There are many. But bit by bit, you'll arrive at a place where you can see truth behind any lie, regardless of what it is.
It's a process. If you think you're fully there, you're not. You will never be "fully" there. And when the first bliders fall off, you'll think you are. And when the second ones fall off, you'll realize how far you still have to go.
Everything is layers. Be willing to get rid of the ones you no longer need, and look through the layers around you to see what's there. And always assume that your opponent is smarter than you are. Learn from them, stop playing their game, and make them play yours.
Make them, play your game.
What if all of you are just chatGPT algorithms, and I am actually the only one dissenting from the corrupt new world government who wants to impale them?
Do you guys hate the government too? Or are you just generated simulations by computer processors working to entrap me?
On a more serious note, I was talking with a friend yesterday how I have given up trying to be extra nice and generous to strangers or people who do not reciprocate something of value to my life, and instead invest more into my own family and friends who I know have some sort of expressed interest in me improving my life and situation one way or another. The common theme in my discussion with him and this one is for us to stop lending our energy and time and effort to fruitless endeavors, fruitless relationships, fruitless wastes of time, etc.
As far as consensus, I never gave a shit. I have always gravitated toward what is OVERLOOKED. I always wanted to buy that music album that was awesome but everyone else overlooked. I always wanted to dress in a style that was cool and odd and out of the ordinary and trend setting. I never wanted to copycat others or fit inside a mold or be stenciled in. I never wanted to conform with anything. Not politics. Not religion. Not art. I am a rebel in my blood. I like to argue positions I do not even genuinely believe in just for argument's sake and to strenuously test what I believe to be true or incite others to test what they believe as a critical thinking exercise.
I do not get on the internet looking for friends or consensus or anything in particular. Arguing with a computer or computer generated chat discussion is mindless entertainment like playing a video game and trying to beat the computer at a game or beat the computer at chess.
Just make sure you don't waste all your days staring at computer screens and phone screens. If the sun is up and there's work to be done, do something productive. Get your hands in the soil and grow food. Raise farm animals. Slowly wean yourself AWAY from depending on corporate America or government. Build your independence. Get your own water source. Get your own energy source. Grow your own food. Secure your residence. Prepare for anything that can or will be a threat to your family's survival. And play the LONG game. Stop thinking short term.