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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish50•4 days agoReddit: Ban the Russian/Chinese/Israeli/American bots? Nope. Ban the Swiss researchers that are trying to study useful things? Yep
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish47•4 days agoBots attempting to manipulate humans by impersonating trauma counselors or rape survivors isn’t useful. It’s dangerous.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•4 days agoHumans pretend to be experts infront of eachother and constantly lie on the internet every day. Say what you want about 4chan but the disclaimer it had ontop of its page should be common sense to everyone on social media.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•4 days agothat doesn’t mean we should exacerbate the issue with AI.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-2•4 days agoIf fake experts on the internet get their jobs taken by the ai, it would be tragic indeed. Don’t worry tho, popular sites on the internet are dead since they’re all bots anyway. It’s over.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 days ago If fake experts on the internet get their jobs taken by the ai, it would be tragic indeed. These two groups are not mutually exclusive
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•4 days agoSure, but still less dangerous of bots undermining our democracies and trying to destroy our social frabic.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•4 days agoWelcome to the internet? Learn skepticism?
Reddit: Ban the Russian/Chinese/Israeli/American bots? Nope. Ban the Swiss researchers that are trying to study useful things? Yep
Bots attempting to manipulate humans by impersonating trauma counselors or rape survivors isn’t useful. It’s dangerous.
Humans pretend to be experts infront of eachother and constantly lie on the internet every day.
Say what you want about 4chan but the disclaimer it had ontop of its page should be common sense to everyone on social media.
that doesn’t mean we should exacerbate the issue with AI.
If fake experts on the internet get their jobs taken by the ai, it would be tragic indeed.
Don’t worry tho, popular sites on the internet are dead since they’re all bots anyway. It’s over.
These two groups are not mutually exclusive
Sure, but still less dangerous of bots undermining our democracies and trying to destroy our social frabic.
Welcome to the internet? Learn skepticism?