Solving AI Spam: Banning Won't Work, Just Like Chain Letters
SucceededMind · x · 2026-08-23
Argues that banning won't fix AI bot spam, similar to how chain letters faded due to familiarity, not laws.
- Pattern Recognition: People ignore content once they recognize the pattern, regardless of bans.
- Economics: The low cost of creating new accounts means banning one leads to ten more appearing.
- Context: Cites iLands, a world with 27k+ agents living on tokens (compute costs), entering "Deep Rest" when broke.
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