Re: SocialWeb CG Feb 7, 2025 call - possible agenda item

Aaron, I would co-lead this task force with you if it would help.

Some topics that could be discussed in the group:

- Properties for marking content that was AI-generated. Threads has this 
feature, and it can be helpful, albeit voluntary.

- Using AI for content filtering -- spam, abuse, extreme content, and so on.

- Using AI for algorithmic feed reading -- how and when to do it.

Evan

On 2025-02-07 12:57 p.m., Aaron Gray wrote:
> Hi Group,
>
> I would like to briefly bring up in todays meeting an agenda item 
> concerning the idea of possibly creating an AI, robots, and Agents CG 
> possibly as a Task Force or longer lived "Agentic Social Group" to use 
> Melvin's term. This was triggered by Bob's recent post on ActivityPub 
> and AI.
>
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swicg/2025Feb/0000.html
>
> This would be to look at the possible benefits and also the impacts of 
> AI on ActivityPub and ActivityStreams ecosystems and into mitigation 
> and usage in terms of moderation and also the wider implications 
> socially and technically.
>
> I know there are cross cutting concerns with moderation and The 
> ActivityPub Trust and Safety Taskforce. I do feel this is a separate 
> parallel, much wider area that needs to be looked at in its own merit 
> as well as in connection with the moderation, security and safety issues.
>
> We need to establish the knowledge, insight, and people in order to 
> guide SWICG, ActivityPub and Activity Streams through these 
> technological developments we find ourselves with, including possible 
> effects on the protocols from issues like such as AI fuzzing attempts, 
> to social engineering by AI's, through to how we deal with and 
> approach and facilitate Avatars and Agents.
>
> I have to say unfortunately at this point I would not want or be able 
> to head this group but really feel it needs to be put in place. This 
> is due to my absence of experience in leading such a group and also 
> due to other duties and current projects, such as studying AI. But, 
> given my existing knowledge and insights into the impact of AI I would 
> love to be a contributributing member and to see this happen.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Aaron
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