Thanks for clarifying your thinking on this topic.
Gonna mull it all over more before forming any sort of opinion or conclusion.
For now though, I see your points and still think that dissolving the pool would do more harm than good. Even 'simply' restructuring it to 'Layer 2' would (in my perspective) be harmful given the extra 'trust' (in the tokens and token creators) that it would require.
It is worth noting that I see the same problem ahead with AI generated content... but I feel confident the tools (and systems) can be built to thwart the bulk of it in its current form.
In the future it will be even harder to detect and thwart but honestly there will always be bad actors to contend with... and I am unsure that 'burning the house down just to kill the termites' is the solution that is needed.
My feelings exactly.
Yes, thank you, you spared me the irritation of having to painstakingly dismantle the mess of an argument r0nd0n makes here.
"Burning down the house to kill the termites" - this is what this proposal is
There are a lot of good points in it and good questions which thankfully are being shared openly. More minds becoming aware of and actively working on a problem (or problems) is what this kind of subject matter needs. Especially so if we are to contend with the level of sophistication that the AI tools/capabilities offer a bad actor.
Indeed, AI tools are dangerous in the hands of bad actors. But the focus should be on the BAD ACTORS, whereas here the focus is mistakenly on the TOOLS.
Cannot the same tools also be used by the GOOD ACTORS?
That is the same question that I keep asking.
The other question is:
If the perceived threat is so serious that it is worth removing the Reward Pool and most likely deeply fracturing the Hive community in the process... why would it be any different if the rewards were Layer 2 tokens?
What makes you think this? Malware is always one step ahead of virus detectors. Exploits always come before patches. Why would this be different?
Because I tend to be optimistic.
I am not saying that it will be any different than the current cat and mouse game.