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ex1stence OP t1_j16ea5u wrote

Reply to comment by NicholasCajun in Is this just AskReddit now? by ex1stence

The question is whether it’s actually people at all. The r/futurology dig by mods confirmed basically all the users who had tried to post to the sub within 24 hours were from sock accounts piloted by AI.

Now that we know it’s happening on one sub, could be anywhere right?

But anyway, back to those riveting discussions you were mentioning: What’s your favorite TV show that was on TV that had actors in it?

Karma pls.

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NicholasCajun t1_j16mjfp wrote

> could be anywhere right?

Sure in theory of course. But is there a specific thread you have a problem with that you suspect is AI posted? Do you not want television being discussed here? The content is on-topic. Maybe I'm a bot talking to you, maybe you're a bot.

If you're asking us moderators to take action, being able to name specific threads you have a problem with is important, unless you want me to just randomly ban people and delete threads on the basis of vague suspicions that I would be unable to reasonably defend and articulate if anyone asked me to justify those actions.

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ex1stence OP t1_j16sbm2 wrote

I mean this is the front page of r/television right now.

Might be that time of year, might be a change to what Reddit pushes to people's home feeds, as another poster suggested. But r/futurology was just having this problem a day ago, so I was curious if it might be the case here too.

Those accounts do check out for the most part, but it's all from today. I've noticed a change in my feed for a few weeks now in both here plus r/movies, and with kids off for vacay (easy marks)/chatGPT being the new hot thing, there could be karma farming AI working different subs already.

Just a theory, one that the government will never be able to steal from my brain thanks to my shiny metal hat.

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Chataboutgames t1_j16luur wrote

What content would you like to see here? Without a doubt bots run the sub, but I prefer discussion bots to ad bots

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