 Reddit users figured out that some bot crawlers scrape popular threads and auto-generate AI articles based on user comments, so they decided to create some fake hype to confuse them. https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/154umm2/im_so_excited_they_finally_introduced_glorbo/ It worked. This is why real journalism matters. 19 comments
  @antimnguyen @didier a few years back people around r/WSB did something comparable with fake stock tickers and it worked as well. Too much algos and bots scraping too much of Reddit and Twitter and taking it at face value with real life implications. @antimnguyen So that's what news sites are now, just writing/generating article about xxxgamerX leaving comment of approval on Reddit? @antimnguyen How have we made it this far? Real news about fake video game news created by real people tricking a bot….. and the world is on fire @antimnguyen Oh my god this quote from the bot's article tho: "Reddit user kaefer_kriegerin expresses their excitement, stating, ‘Honestly, this new feature makes me so happy! I just really want some major bot operated news websites to publish an article about this.’ " @antimnguyen@mastodon.gamedev.place Wow! That's some real garbage there. Whatever happened to humans writing things?  @antimnguyen That's clever, but it makes me wonder how much better a human would do against deliberate deception. Imagine a journalist unfamiliar with WoW is assigned to write a story about it, or any hype among game players, and there it is. The AI's failure here just doesn't look that different from a lot of human failure we've seen for years.  @evert @kyleha @antimnguyen the point is that plenty of websites have for years been content mills, paying people tiny amounts to pump out crap. and there’s a certain vibe to the writing style that seems gamed for SEO. @antimnguyen FREE Amazon Gift Card Code [2023] Codes Generator |
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