On the one hand, this is egregious and should not happen. People should not be stalked and lied to, and communities should not be manipulated at this scale.
On the other hand, it certainly already happens as it is incredibly easy for any group to use LLMs and do this. So the process and effectiveness should be studied and reported to the public... There might be a better way to do it though?
devrandoom•9mo ago
I wonder if other groups are using AI to post on Reddit too?
feraloink•9mo ago
(Seems less likely than on reddit... TBQH)
krapp•9mo ago
And people already do paste comments from AI, it's becoming more and more common. At least they have the courtesy of pointing it out but I expect that will stop before the AI comments do.
morkalork•9mo ago
bigbadfeline•9mo ago
Fretting at the rare researchers who admit to their bot activity is like fretting at the criminals who admit guilt and praising those who don't.
feraloink•9mo ago
I wouldn't want to be a guinea pig for that purpose.
jrvieira•9mo ago