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Imagine that you encounter a signal. It is structured, and dense with\ninformation. It meets all the criteria of an intelligent transmission. Evolution\nand experience offer a variety of paths to follow, branch-points in the\nflowcharts that handle such input. Sometimes these signals come from\nconspecifics who have useful information to share, whose lives you'll defend\naccording to the rules of kin selection. Sometimes they come from competitors or\npredators or other inimical entities that must be avoided or destroyed; in those\ncases, the information may prove of significant tactical value. Some signals may\neven arise from entities which, while not kin, can still serve as allies or\nsymbionts in mutually beneficial pursuits. You can derive appropriate responses\nfor any of these eventualities, and many others. You decode the signals, and stumble: I had a great time. I really enjoyed him. Even if he cost twice as much as any\nother hooker in the dome\u2014 To fully appreciate Kesey's Quartet\u2014 They hate us for our freedom\u2014 Pay attention, now\u2014 Understand. There are no meaningful translations for these terms. They are needlessly\nrecursive. They contain no usable intelligence, yet they are structured\nintelligently; there is no chance they could have arisen by chance. The only explanation is that something has coded nonsense in a way that poses as\na useful message; only after wasting time and effort does the deception becomes\napparent. The signal functions to consume the resources of a recipient for zero\npayoff and reduced fitness. The signal is a virus. Viruses do not arise from kin, symbionts, or other allies. The signal is an attack. \u2013 Peter Watts, \"Blindsight\" In the sci-fi novel Blindsight by Peter Watts, humanity encounters scramblers \u2013\nan alien species that is intelligent, but lacks consciousness. Scramblers do not\nattempt to contact humans and wage a unilateral total war against us. Why?\nBecause we talk too much. Our little planet just can't stop chatting about\nnonsense, and scramblers know only one use for information: to perceive it.\nThey can't help but listen to all our yapping that only wastes their precious\nbrain cycles and reduces their chances of survival. No peaceful species would do this;\nthis is clearly an act of war. When I first read Blindsight 10 years ago, I didn't understand how scramblers felt\nabout human slop. But now I do. I feel it every time I read AI text outside of\nthe privacy of my own chatroom. Proof-of-thought For the longest time, writing was more expensive than reading. If you\nencountered a body of written text, you could be sure that at the very least,\na human spent some time writing it down. The text used to have an innate\nproof-of-thought, a basic token of humanity. Now, AI has made text very, very, very cheap. Not only text, in fact. Code, images,\nvideo. All kinds of media. We can't rely on proof-of-thought anymore. Any text\ncan be AI slop. If you read it, you're injured in this war. You engaged and\nreplied \u2013 you're as good as dead. The dead internet is not just dead it's poisoned . So what do we do? Luckily for us, AI only talks in response . Unlike Earth, AI does not emit\ncomedy sketches into outer space on its own. To get AI slop, somebody needs to\nask for it. To send it further, someone needs to retransmit it. Our problem is\nother humans, really. There's nothing wrong with using AI . When you do, you know what you're getting. The\ntransaction is fully consensual. But whenever you propagate AI output , you're\nat risk of intentionally or unintentionally legitimizing it with your good name,\nproviding it with a fake proof-of-thought. In some cases, it's fine, because you\ndid think it through and adopted the AI output as your own. But in other cases, it\nis not, and our scrambler brain feels violated. AI etiquette \u256d\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u256e\n\u2502 I asked ChatGPT and \u2502\n\u2502 here's what it told me: \u2502\n\u2502 ... \u2502\n\u2570\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u256f\n \u256d\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u256e\n \u2502 blocked \u2502\n \u2570\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u256f Time to learn AI manners I think that realistically, our main weapon in this war is AI etiquette. My own\ntake on AI etiquette is that AI output can only be relayed if it's either\nadopted as your own or there is explicit consent from the receiving party.\nThere's plenty of discussion to be had about what adopting entails and what can\nbe considered consent, but I believe the core principle is sound. \"I asked ChatGPT and this is what it said: <...>\". Whoa, let me stop you right here buddy, what you're doing here is extremely, horribly rude. \"I had a helpful chat with ChatGPT about this topic some time ago and can share a log with you if you want.\" Yeah, send it my way I'll take a look. \"I vibe-coded this pull request in just 15 minutes. Please review\" Well, why don't you review it first? \"Here's my PR, I did this and that for this and that reason.\" Thank you, I'll take a look. Unlike scramblers, we're only exposed to meaningless noise by choice. Be polite,\nand don't send humans AI text. 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It is structured, and dense with\ninformation. It meets all the criteria of an intelligent transmission. Evolution\nand experience offer a variety of paths to follow, branch-points in the\nflowcharts that handle such input. Sometimes these signals come from\nconspecifics who have useful information to share, whose lives you'll defend\naccording to the rules of kin selection. Sometimes they come from competitors or\npredators or other inimical entities that must be avoided or destroyed; in those\ncases, the information may prove of significant tactical value. Some signals may\neven arise from entities which, while not kin, can still serve as allies or\nsymbionts in mutually beneficial pursuits. You can derive appropriate responses\nfor any of these eventualities, and many others.\nYou decode the signals, and stumble:\nI had a great time. I really enjoyed him. Even if he cost twice as much as any\nother hooker in the dome\u2014\nTo fully appreciate Kesey's Quartet\u2014\nThey hate us for our freedom\u2014\nPay attention, now\u2014\nUnderstand.\nThere are no meaningful translations for these terms. They are needlessly\nrecursive. They contain no usable intelligence, yet they are structured\nintelligently; there is no chance they could have arisen by chance.\nThe only explanation is that something has coded nonsense in a way that poses as\na useful message; only after wasting time and effort does the deception becomes\napparent. The signal functions to consume the resources of a recipient for zero\npayoff and reduced fitness. The signal is a virus.\nViruses do not arise from kin, symbionts, or other allies.\nThe signal is an attack.\n\u2013 Peter Watts, \"Blindsight\"\n\nIn the sci-fi novel Blindsight by Peter Watts, humanity encounters scramblers \u2013\nan alien species that is intelligent, but lacks consciousness. Scramblers do not\nattempt to contact humans and wage a unilateral total war against us. Why?\nBecause we talk too much. Our little planet just can't stop chatting about\nnonsense, and scramblers know only one use for information: to perceive it.\nThey can't help but listen to all our yapping that only wastes their precious\nbrain cycles and reduces their chances of survival. No peaceful species would do this;\nthis is clearly an act of war.\nWhen I first read Blindsight 10 years ago, I didn't understand how scramblers felt\nabout human slop. But now I do. I feel it every time I read AI text outside of\nthe privacy of my own chatroom.\nProof-of-thought\nFor the longest time, writing was more expensive than reading. If you\nencountered a body of written text, you could be sure that at the very least,\na human spent some time writing it down. The text used to have an innate\nproof-of-thought, a basic token of humanity.\nNow, AI has made text very, very, very cheap. Not only text, in fact. Code, images,\nvideo. All kinds of media. We can't rely on proof-of-thought anymore. Any text\ncan be AI slop. If you read it, you're injured in this war. You engaged and\nreplied \u2013 you're as good as dead. The dead internet is not just dead it's\npoisoned. So what do we do?\nLuckily for us, AI only talks in response. Unlike Earth, AI does not emit\ncomedy sketches into outer space on its own. To get AI slop, somebody needs to\nask for it. To send it further, someone needs to retransmit it. Our problem is\nother humans, really.\nThere's nothing wrong with using AI. When you do, you know what you're getting. The\ntransaction is fully consensual. But whenever you propagate AI output, you're\nat risk of intentionally or unintentionally legitimizing it with your good name,\nproviding it with a fake proof-of-thought. In some cases, it's fine, because you\ndid think it through and adopted the AI output as your own. But in other cases, it\nis not, and our scrambler brain feels violated.\nAI etiquette\n\n\u256d\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u256e\n\u2502 I asked ChatGPT and \u2502\n\u2502 here's what it told me: \u2502\n\u2502 ... \u2502\n\u2570\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u256f\n \u256d\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u256e\n \u2502 blocked \u2502\n \u2570\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u256f\n\n\nTime to learn AI manners\n\n\nI think that realistically, our main weapon in this war is AI etiquette. My own\ntake on AI etiquette is that AI output can only be relayed if it's either\nadopted as your own or there is explicit consent from the receiving party.\nThere's plenty of discussion to be had about what adopting entails and what can\nbe considered consent, but I believe the core principle is sound.\n\n\"I asked ChatGPT and this is what it said: <...>\".\n\nWhoa, let me stop you right here buddy, what you're doing here is extremely, horribly rude.\n\n\"I had a helpful chat with ChatGPT about this topic some time ago and can share a log with you if you want.\"\n\nYeah, send it my way I'll take a look.\n\n\"I vibe-coded this pull request in just 15 minutes. Please review\"\n\nWell, why don't you review it first?\n\n\"Here's my PR, I did this and that for this and that reason.\"\n\nThank you, I'll take a look.\nUnlike scramblers, we're only exposed to meaningless noise by choice. 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