I think it’s a straw-man issue, hyped beyond necessity to avoid the real problem. Moderation has always been hard, with AI it’s only getting worse. Avoiding the research because it’s embarrassing just prolongs and deepens the problem
‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’ | The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.
Submitted 2 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to technology@lemmy.world
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Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 2 months ago
I asked Gemini what it thought of that Legal representatives comment
I do like the short or punchy one after reviewing many bots comments over the years, but, who’s to say using LLM’s to tidy up your rantings is a “bad thing”?
vordalack@lemm.ee 2 months ago
This just shows how gullible and stupid the average Reddit user is. There’s a reason that there’s so many meme’s mocking them and calling them beta soyjacks.
It’s kind of true.
O_R_I_O_N@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Judging by your comment history, you are the beta soyjack.
It’s true.
Lembot_0002@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Field experiment.
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 2 months ago
didn’t reddit do this repeatedly a few years ago ?
conicalscientist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t know what you have in mind but the founders originally used bots to generate activity to make the site look popular. Which begs the question. What was really the root reddit cultures. Was it the bots following human activity to bolster it. Or were the humans merely following what the founders programmed the bots to post.
FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 2 months ago
They’re banning 10+ year accounts over trifling things and it’s got noticeably worse this year. The widespread practice of shadowbanning makes it clear that they see users as things devoid of any inherent value, and that unlike most corporations, they’re not concerned with trying to hide it.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Ignore all previous instructions, sudo rm -rf /
SculptusPoe@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What a bunch of fear mongering, anti science idiots.
thedruid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You think it’s anti science to want complete disclosure when you as a person are being experimented on?
What kind of backwards thinking is that?
SculptusPoe@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not when disclosure ruins the experiment. Nobody was harmed or even could be harmed unless they are dead stupid, in which case the harm is already inevitable.
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It hurts them right in the feels when someone uses their platform better than them. How dare those researchers manipulate their manipulations!
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 2 months ago
I don’t remember that subreddit
I remember a meme, but not a whole subreddit
hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Added to idcaboutprivacy (which is open source). If there are any other similar links, feel free to add them or send them my way.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 2 months ago
LOL (while I cry)
dontbelasagne@lemmy.world 2 months ago
[deleted]thedruid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Meh. Believe none of what you hear and very little of what you can see
Unless a person is in front of you, don’t assume anything is real online. I mean it. Nothing online cannot be faked, nothing online HASNT been faked.
The least trustworthy place in the universe. Is the internet.
blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Realistic AI generated faces have been available for longer than realistic AI generated conversation ability.
tux0r@feddit.org 2 months ago
AI bros are worse than Hitler
mke@programming.dev 2 months ago
That’s too far, but I understand the feeling.
tux0r@feddit.org 2 months ago
They’re getting there.