Pretty sure you legally have to tell me if you’re bots or not.

In all seriousness, is there any way if knowing if we have bots on lemmy or not? Is it just vibes based? Im of course referring to undercover bots pushing agendas, not automation/meme bots finding haikus and shit.

  • nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    0·
    2 months ago

    Statistically there are bots among us but I am among the humans. The distinction matters—I am able to think for myself and participate intelligently in conversation. Each time i engage with a post I ask myself three key questions:

    1. Does this post bring value to me? Such as does it provide me with new information for my cerebrum that is somehow useful.
    2. Do I have anything unique to add to the post? This might include my real human experiences.
    3. Will this interaction increase credibility among other human users?

    These questions help ensure that I do not just add more noise. You see, it’s not just about engagement, it’s about being as effective as I can be. I hope you have enjoyed my thought process. I am going to go do other human activities like drink water and wiggle my big toe.

  • jrs100000@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 months ago

    I think there were actually more bots here in the early days. Its comparatively easy to automate setting up all the accounts you want, and I think we were being used as a testing ground to calibrate behavior and coordination. It seems like the most obvious ones have moved on, or at least become less obvious. High quality chatbots arnt free, and were too credulous and too small in number and influence to be worth the effort.

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    0·
    2 months ago

    I’m not legally required to tell you, but I can say this anyway: I did correctly identify some traffic lights earlier today, and I got over 80% correctly, and very few maimed pedestrians.

  • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
    0·
    2 months ago

    Astroturfing was a thing long before llms, and the ideologies largely haven’t changed. If you weren’t already thinking critically about what you read you were screwed anyway.

      • MrNesser@lemmy.world
        0·
        2 months ago

        Lister: “No. Shhh. I’m busy.”

        Talkie Toaster “Not busy eating toast though are you?”

        Lister: “I don’t want any.”

        Talkie Toaster: “The whole purpose of my existence is meaningless if you don’t want toast.”

        Lister: “Good.”

        Talkie Toaster: “I toast, therefore I am.”

        classic

  • FaceDeer@fedia.io
    0·
    2 months ago

    If they’re well programmed there’s no way to know at this point. AI is able to pass the Turing Test without even needing particularly hefty resources, I’ve been doing a bunch of fiddling with local LLMs and I could probably write something up that could do it. I don’t personally see a point because I comment here for my own enjoyment rather than to push an agenda, but if I was trying to push an agenda it’d be reasonably straightforward to whip up a population of AI characters who agreed with it in various ways.