‘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
    454·
    7 hours 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
      272·
      6 hours ago

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

      • endeavor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        132·
        5 hours 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
            24·
            4 hours 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
              1·
              12 minutes 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
        81·
        5 hours ago

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