Decision-making mechanism — human hands or AI?
It is impossible to imagine what the world would be like without the Internet. But to dream up what the global network itself will be like is quite possible. Well, shall we try?
If Tim Bernes-Lee himself spoke about the fact that creating the Internet, he saw it differently from what network evolution and capital made it, it is worth thinking hard. The Internet was created so that everyone had equal opportunities. But in fact, unfortunately, there are several powerful centers through which network traffic passes and collects information about us. Thanks to this, search engines constantly offer us the next “needed” products. And it’s not far from the manipulation of consciousness!
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has supported an initiative that will abolish the “net neutrality” of the Internet. “Net Neutrality” means the principle of the open Internet, which prohibits providers from blocking websites or discriminating against any Internet traffic.
According to Berners-Lee, the “net neutrality” removal rules will allow ISPs “to decide which sites you can access and how fast they load.” “In other words, they will be able to determine which companies will succeed on the Internet, whose voices will be heard, and whose voices will be silenced.”
However, only politicians and people who are far from network technologies can say that the Internet web 2.0 was really free and independent. Specialists are well aware of how traffic flows are distributed and how the “voluntary-compulsory” system of issuing search queries from search engines like Google works (about 90% of Google servers are located in US government agencies). So, this decision simply legalizes the previously hidden practice of prohibitions and restrictions on the Internet, and given that most of the so-called. “DNS Root Servers” are located in the USA, the era of the free Internet is coming to its logical conclusion.
In fact, we know that Google, Apple, Microsoft and other IT giants change the display of information depending on their tasks. It’s too addictive and free to use. Search has turned into exactly the same information tool as television used to be, and it affects people’s moods.
And each of us is increasingly beginning to be tormented by questions, but what does the Internet really know about us? And as sad as it is, there are actually a lot of them.
It’s getting harder and harder to stay anonymous online. All this data is usually stored in one place, in the hands of one company or group of companies. This is where the main vulnerability lies. A successful hack or a man-made leak — and all the ins and outs of the user ends up with third parties. And how they will dispose of it — one can only guess.
Not only the ideologists of the World Wide Web, but also the leaders of world powers spoke about the need for change. Decentralization of the Internet, moving away from client-server technologies towards completely different algorithms for identifying, processing and storing information, especially private information.
Blockchain technology can become one of the options for decentralization. A network based on it cannot be “broken”, because not one powerful server is responsible for the safety of confidential information, but ordinary user PCs that are part of the network structure. Moreover, each of them stores only a small part of the necessary information.
It turns out that in social networks Web 3.0 everything will change completely. After all, they use blockchain technology and next generation technologies such as artificial intelligence. One is the new social network Solcial, which promotes freedom of speech by allowing users to interact without fear of being banned or censored.
Let’s talk about the benefits of Solcial that come from blockchain and web 3.0:
Of course, the idea of decentralization comes to the fore. But this is not the only plus.
In addition to the lack of central regulation, there are many other advantages.
For example, all interaction and all data on the network can be tokenized. This will allow:
mark content so as to assign it a unique attribute. This will allow you to deal with multiple copies of the same information, it will be easier to find the original source and save time in search of original content;
take advantage of new opportunities to earn money online. This applies both to the receipt of royalties by the authors of articles, videos, etc., and to rewarding users only for viewing and reading content.
The idea of decentralization opens the way for many content creators and bloggers without requiring the provision of personal data in return. And this, in turn, allows you to maintain anonymity and privacy on the network.
A distributed network can also allow you to share the power of your devices with other users, which will increase the overall speed of the network.
In summary, the following benefits can be listed:
lack of central regulation in applications. Blockchain does not require permission, which opens up new opportunities, including access to people who have previously been discriminated against nationalities due to their gender, income, place of residence, etc.
accordingly, less censorship and more freedom in the statements of users;
higher fault tolerance, since applications are hosted in decentralized nodes — they are almost impossible to hack and do not depend on the operation of any one server. It will be more difficult for hackers or others to penetrate the network. In addition, if they are able to do so, each of their transactions can be tracked and canceled on the network.
the ability to own data. Data that is transmitted over the network will be fully encrypted. In addition, users will be able to decide for themselves what information they want to share with third-party users, bloggers, platforms. Users can now sell their data and earn on it.
the network is less prone to service interruption. Because there is no central entity to function in, it becomes difficult for distributed denial of service or other forms of service failure to contribute.
opportunities to monetize their presence on the network, both for application operators and for the users themselves.
And in conclusion, I want to say that it is becoming more and more difficult to maintain anonymity every year. Perhaps Solcial will help us with this. And every year, the threats of global terrorism and cybercrime are increasing. And we can assume the creation of systems and algorithms that will evaluate the user’s behavior based on his actions. Naturally, all this will be at the mercy of artificial intelligence. But the decision-making mechanism — I would like to see in the hands of a person. How can one not recall here the “Fifth Element” with its peremptory sentencing by artificial intelligence?
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