[bwest87]

I think we're not factoring in that people will react. We're already all starting to realize that the free for all is getting quite hard to navigate. My hunch is that within 10 years, we will start to see an "information immune system" develop. This could take many forms. For example, self regulatory organizations for news, or actual regulations. Like we have with food products, the use of certain words is regulated. Or it could be trusted information filters becoming the norm, the way we trust our browsers to warn us of insecure websites. Or simply some changing cultural norms, like we saw happen with cigarettes. Like it's totally fine today for news outlets to just use Twitter as a source. And maybe the bar will get higher over time. I'm spit balling about solutions, but I don't think society can or will tolerate some dystopian world where truly no one knows what's real for very long.

[selfhoster11]

It's already happening for me. I've switched to "closed" social networks like Telegram/WhatsApp group chats, and small to medium sized Discord servers to eliminate the spam, toxic content, and even just to crank down the rate of new content I'm consuming. I treat most "open" social networks as read-only (if I even check them).

[ShamelessC]

Look around lately? You don't need AI to have a misinformed republic.