The scariest part about heavenbanning is that it is possible to deploy today. Xe talks about this being trialed on Reddit. It also makes a lot of sense to be a product to try and wall off "troublesome" online entities. The downside is that it would probably just end up increasing fringe and dangerous behaviors, like that person who thought they were a Sith and tried to kill Queen Elizabeth because an AI encouraged them to: https://fortune.com/europe/2023/10/05/ai-chatbot-kill-queen-...
The downside is that it would probably just end up increasing fringe and dangerous behaviors
This reminds me of a different type of “banning” I heard about some 20 years ago. There was a physicist who had a separate mailing list for laymen who would mail him to discuss their pet theory. Since he didn’t want to be bothered with them he added them to the mailing list, telling them that they would have the chance to discuss this with other experts in the field …
