Comment on Reddit stock falls for second day as references to its content in ChatGPT responses plummet
M1ch431@slrpnk.net 2 weeks agoIt’s noise, a very large part of it. Reddit is financially motivated to make the data appear as if is signal. It isn’t - they have taken extremely minimal steps to ensure actual human participation.
This doesn’t matter to AI companies, but it only warps that technology more and more. AI is a sinking ship with current methodologies. Reddit will die when the AI bubble bursts and those involved with Reddit already cashed out enough to be filthy rich (e.g. Steve Huffman sold 500,000 of his shares in the IPO, indicating he will make $17mn).
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
At this point we’re just speculating. We don’t have evidence either way of its mostly good or mostly bad data.
M1ch431@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
If you can land me a gig engaging with back end data from Reddit in a neutral capacity, it’d likely be pretty easy for a layman like me to confirm that it’s noise. The AI companies buying data are getting scammed and you are free to feign neutrality in the absence of concrete data.
No company is immune to bots, least of all Reddit.
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You keep trying to throw out all the data because some is bad. I don’t think these companies would be paying that much for all bad data. You seem to really want to justify some bias you have. It’s really weird.
M1ch431@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Reddit is presumably the only party with the ability to determine which data/interaction is legitimate or isn’t.
I have a mostly neutral opinion on AI/LLMs, but I have a negative assessment of the companies driving it unsustainably. When these actors crash the economy with their hubris, write back to me.