‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’
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The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.
  • justdoitlater@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5910·
    1 day ago

    Reddit: Ban the Russian/Chinese/Israeli/American bots? Nope. Ban the Swiss researchers that are trying to study useful things? Yep

    • Ilandar@lemm.eeEnglish
      482·
      1 day ago

      Bots attempting to manipulate humans by impersonating trauma counselors or rape survivors isn’t useful. It’s dangerous.

      • endeavor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        235·
        1 day ago

        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.

          • endeavor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            57·
            1 day ago

            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.

            • Chulk@lemmy.mlEnglish
              31·
              1 day 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

      • justdoitlater@lemmy.worldEnglish
        82·
        1 day ago

        Sure, but still less dangerous of bots undermining our democracies and trying to destroy our social frabic.