For those of us who still use reddit on occasion, I’m sure you’ve noticed AI is running rampant over there, from the multitude of variations of “Am I the Asshole”, “Malicious Compliance”, and especially in the comments. A lot of the explain the joke subreddits and in particular “Peter Explain the Joke” seem to ask questions so obvious that I am curious if it’s designed to test AI responses and use upvotes to score the results. I know there’re a lot of dipshits out there but are there so many that those posts routinely reach the front page multiple times a day? Is it just plain old karma farming?

    • neidu3English
      10·
      2 days ago

      It is now. It’s literally in the EULA.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    seem to ask questions so obvious that I am curious if it’s designed to test AI responses and use upvotes to score the results.

    Everyone views their own intelligence as “average” even if they consciousnessly know it’s significantly higher/lower than average, we’re our own frame of reference.

    So for some people AI seems just as smart as an average person, those people are really hyped for AI.

    Other people think AI is shite, but are starting to doubt if something is AI or just an idiot.

    I know there’re a lot of dipshits out there but are there so many that those posts routinely reach the front page multiple times a day?

    It’s how bell curves work.

    As more and more people leave reddit because it’s shit, the people making it shit don’t notice and become a greater percentage of users. So it gets shittier and a new group realizes and leaves.

    It’s how social media circles the drain, Facebook and Twitter are examples of where it’s headed.

    When it adjusts to the new lowest common denominator, that makes people leave, and lowers the denominator.

    • Squizzy@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      Reddit does autogenerate names now. I signed back up to do a survey and I got what I would have assumed was a bot name.