SILICON VALLEY— A panel of experts, including AI engineers, behavioral scientists, and child healthcare specialists, gathered today to discuss whether the Redditor you’re actively arguing…
I hypothesize that so many bots are being dumped into our internet conversations to make us all sick of their shit and break our internet addiction so we will all go back out and rejoin the real world again.
Nope. Just capitalists and charlatans chasing a quick buck, and state actors enjoying a shit show. The bots are sold for “viral” marketing, or social trolling, or harassment, or any number of tasks that can be accomplished with brainless posting.
I mean… welcome to the internet. It’s not just Reddit, but most social media, and some “news” sites.
I hypothesize that so many bots are being dumped into our internet conversations to make us all sick of their shit and break our internet addiction so we will all go back out and rejoin the real world again.
Nope. Just capitalists and charlatans chasing a quick buck, and state actors enjoying a shit show. The bots are sold for “viral” marketing, or social trolling, or harassment, or any number of tasks that can be accomplished with brainless posting.
The problems on Facebook aren’t children. They’re men aged 39-55 wearing sunglasses.