Discussion

• @renrut-mas Sam Turner on bluesky

  “We saw how poorly opinion polls and betting websites reflect public opinion and thought: we can make this so much worse.”  [embedded post]

• @artisny @artisny on bluesky

  And just where are they getting the training data for these “agentic twins” modeled on real people, hmm?  Are we talking the internet generally?  Or: individual people whose privacy and personal data were violated—without their knowledge or consent or *payment*

• @hypervisible.blacksky.app @hypervisible.blacksky.app on bluesky

  Agents “are essentially digital clones of real individuals, who are interviewed to gather their preferences, personality and other traits.  Simile then combines that data with participants' behavioral and purchase data to ensure 'generalizability and visibility into people's thou…