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Faz d. Hoo

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I think it is a little more subtle than that.


I doubt that TikTok is a viable vector for generating actionable intelligence, which is what spying is all about. However, it has clearly moved the needle in public behavior and from my chair it sure looks like that movement is in China's best interests and not ours. To put it bluntly, TikTok seems to encourage people to act like imbeciles, so much so that I am pretty sure it is deliberate.

Compare that to ChatGPT, just as an example I am familiar with, even though it is not apples-to-apples. I have been exploring the use of ChatGPT to write fiction and it has a surprisingly strong bias towards characters who have positive characteristics and interact positively and responsibly towards each other. The effect is actually so strong that I have noticed its mannerisms creeping into my own real-life interactions.

That's not to say that you can't subvert ChatGPT to do your bidding. You absolutely can, it is just that you have to go out of your way to do so. It's not the default behavior. Similarly, you can subvert TikTok to be useful, but you have to go out of your way to do so and you have to ignore a lot of trash to get to that point. What I don't know is whether this is enough to justify a sale or ban.

(In response to this post by Seattle .Hoo)

Posted: 03/23/2023 at 2:38PM



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  Ask Youngkin, he has the inside info on TikTok ** -- HoodatB 03/23/2023 12:57PM
  I'll bite. What kind of spying? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/23/2023 12:25PM
  I think it is a little more subtle than that. -- Faz d. Hoo 03/23/2023 2:38PM
  The answer might be, would you ban it if it was made -- ryno hoo 03/23/2023 12:48PM
  I sometimes drink Stolichnaya. Is that the same thing? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/23/2023 12:54PM
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  Yes. Like General Tsos chicken. ** -- ryno hoo 03/23/2023 12:59PM
  Cut to the chase - give me the Tso what ** -- TomGlansAski 03/23/2023 1:28PM
  LOL! Too sweet though. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/23/2023 1:01PM
  I guess I missed it. What's the concern about TikTok? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/23/2023 12:09PM
  Tricks on them! -- 757 03/23/2023 12:52PM
  Chinese Balloon Terror!!! ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/23/2023 12:40PM
  Yes, but not all funnel it to the CCP. ** -- Hoodafan 03/23/2023 12:38PM
  That's a stretch. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/23/2023 12:55PM
  They're not bad folks, folks. -- Hoodafan 03/23/2023 1:15PM
  Huh? ** -- Wahoo Gus 03/23/2023 1:37PM
  How would that work? I don't see how that's possible. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/23/2023 12:24PM
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