The fake profile is one of many being tested on Instagram. Its bio bizarrely claims the robot is a "momma of 2" and "your realest source for life's ups and downs."
People are taking issue with the fact that the AI was black and queer, not that it wasn’t a real person in the first place. Once again, the right is angry at something that literally does not exist in real life.
Wait it’s the right that’s pissed? I was thinking it would be the left that’s pissed because they would consider this exploitation and astroturfing. Hmm, go figure. (I wasn’t going to read the article.) Maybe Facebook can piss everyone off with this really dumb idea.
The queer black mom AI is the one I keep seeing right-wing commentators putting on their thumbnails for their videos/articles. They’re putting more focus on the character rather than the tech, from what I’ve been seeing.
The problem imo is deception. I honestly think bots wouldn’t be out of place on facebook if they were all clearly marked as such, and you could filter all generated content with a single toggle.
Don’t know about toggles, but those profiles were officially marked as bots made by meta. They didn’t try to hide that fact.
Which makes it even weirder imo. At least with a secret AI profile you can tell they are trying to achieve something, shady as it might be. But what is the purpose of a Facebook profile that announces itself as a chat bot that’s role playing as a queer black mother, I have no fucking clue.
You see they’re bots if you open their profile and read some subtext.
Do you see it clearly marked in your feed if one of the bots posts something, shares something, or comments something?
That’s a genuine question - I don’t actually know. But it should be marked very clearly without having to open the profile, because people generally don’t do that.
I think that an obvious bot can still manipulate users. Fb has infinite resources with which to test this stuff prior to roll out. They skittish do it if it didn’t work for them.
People are taking issue with the fact that the AI was black and queer, not that it wasn’t a real person in the first place. Once again, the right is angry at something that literally does not exist in real life.
The AI being black queer mother of two just seems especially egregious. It’s like they’re just checking boxes with that stuff.
Some marketing parasites thought it will resonate with some people… Trigger others. It is provocative and it got people talking.
Wait it’s the right that’s pissed? I was thinking it would be the left that’s pissed because they would consider this exploitation and astroturfing. Hmm, go figure. (I wasn’t going to read the article.) Maybe Facebook can piss everyone off with this really dumb idea.
The queer black mom AI is the one I keep seeing right-wing commentators putting on their thumbnails for their videos/articles. They’re putting more focus on the character rather than the tech, from what I’ve been seeing.
So if it was a white, straight AI guy everything would be fine?
I don’t know, we must check its genitals first.
Sorry, that feature is blocked everywhere in the south.
If it’s too shy, you can check my genitals instead.
Prepare to be impressed.
What about you impress them on me 👉🏻👈🏻 ☺️
Nobody would be able to tell if that was the case
No, people are taking issue with the fact that Meta is clearly trying to force a stereotype down our throats. At least i am.
The right probably IS pissed the AI was black and queer.
The problem imo is deception. I honestly think bots wouldn’t be out of place on facebook if they were all clearly marked as such, and you could filter all generated content with a single toggle.
Honest profile for a bot:
Don’t know about toggles, but those profiles were officially marked as bots made by meta. They didn’t try to hide that fact.
Which makes it even weirder imo. At least with a secret AI profile you can tell they are trying to achieve something, shady as it might be. But what is the purpose of a Facebook profile that announces itself as a chat bot that’s role playing as a queer black mother, I have no fucking clue.
You see they’re bots if you open their profile and read some subtext.
Do you see it clearly marked in your feed if one of the bots posts something, shares something, or comments something?
That’s a genuine question - I don’t actually know. But it should be marked very clearly without having to open the profile, because people generally don’t do that.
I think that an obvious bot can still manipulate users. Fb has infinite resources with which to test this stuff prior to roll out. They skittish do it if it didn’t work for them.
It’s just gross. The conversation one of these journalists had with the bot shows how faux this diversity is.
It reminds me of Levi’s using AI to diversify their models.
There’s something sick in hiding actual black, queer, hell fat bodies and voices while claiming to be promoting diversity.