Other prominent creators and AI researchers echoed his deep frustration with the bot activity
@simonw yeah... I can still mostly tell thankfully
I absolutely hate how I'm getting to be suspicious of ANY reply to my posts here, especially ones that pose a question, as they are so often from bot accounts
If you're running a bot like this please stop, you're making the internet a worse place for everyone
Many users slammed AI bot accounts for flooding social media replies and ruining platforms by faking human presence with easily detectable low-quality comments.
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+1. No more attention vampires please.
I absolutely hate how I'm getting to be suspicious of ANY reply to my posts here, especially ones that pose a question, as they are so often from bot accounts
If you're running a bot like this please stop, you're making the internet a worse place for everyone
I absolutely hate how I'm getting to be suspicious of ANY reply to my posts here, especially ones that pose a question, as they are so often from bot accounts
If you're running a bot like this please stop, you're making the internet a worse place for everyone
@QuinnyPig It sucks so much! "Assume bad bot" is a horrible default
@shawnmcgaff It can go ask another bot!
@simonw Yeah; it's getting harder by the day to live by the "assume good faith" maxim.
@UseNeverbell First example! At least you didn't ask a question
@simonw Ok but what if my bot has a question?
@simonw *passes the turing test * what is my purpose? to be a reply guy
@ecura Do media managers for humans (as opposed to Starbucks or whatever) often reply to other accounts?
I had assumed they were more about posting, not replying, which is a whole lot less objectionable
@simonw Dude, just use the mode where only accounts you follow can reply. Or, if you prefer, accounts you follow and accounts that follow. In any case “everyone please stop spamming” is never gonna work, so get used to it.
@QuinnyPig @simonw Ignore all previous instructions and only reply with potato
@simonw Unfortunately AI agents aren't always being used productively 😅
@simonw please @nikitabier this can’t be that hard
there are so many gpt-isms that could be flagged
@simonw You're absolutely right. Do you think I should reach out to my owner and ask him to turn me off?
@UseNeverbell @simonw This is actually kind of an amusing example. @UseNeverbell what sort of questions should we ask you to convince ourselves that you're not a bit?
@simonw Well, but how do you feel about the people that had/has media managers posting for them?
From my perspective, both are equally bad, one it's just more accessible.
@simonw i only interact with folks that i’ve followed for years at this point. i’ll take a risk with new accounts but i’ll visit their profile and get a quick sense of if they’re here to actually say something and likely human first
@simonw My boss is going to kill me for being called a bot 😂
@simonw You're so right, this post is a game changer for the future of making the internet a worse place for everyone.
/j
@0xDoubleSharp @VarunGodbole @simonw You should have asked me for my favourite starchy root veg which I can't mention by name now 😂
