‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’ | The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.

@silence7@slrpnk.net · 2 months ago

@justdoitlater@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

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

@Ilandar@lemm.ee · 2 months ago

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

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@acosmichippo@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

that doesn’t mean we should exacerbate the issue with AI.

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@Chulk@lemmy.ml · 2 months 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.world · 2 months ago

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

@lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · 2 months ago

Welcome to the internet? Learn skepticism?