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Redditors around the world were scandalized last week after learning that a team of researchers released a swarm of AI-powered, human-impersonating bots

Redditors around the world were scandalized last week after learning that a team of researchers released a swarm of AI-powered, human-impersonating bots on the “Change My View” subreddit. The large-scale experiment was designed to explore just how persuasive AI can be.

  • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Slightly amusing because most of the active users are perhaps AI powered bots now, run by Reddit.

    If that is the case, then it seems to me that this is a repeat of the locking out of third parties, similar to the api change two years ago, but now for those that use bots?

    Grammar edit