Over the course of four months, the researchers posted more than 1,000 AI-generated comments on pitbulls (is aggression the fault of the breed or the owner?), the housing crisis (is living with your parents the solution?), DEI programs (were they destined to fail?). The AI commenters argued that browsing Reddit is a waste of time and that the “controlled demolition” 9/11 conspiracy theory has some merit. And as they offered their computer-generated opinions, they also shared their backstories. One claimed to be a trauma counselor; another described himself as a victim of statutory rape.

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Wow, yeah, clearly very unethical.

The only logical answer is every country is flooded with fentanyl.

don’t let me die sober

/r/Canada

It kind of makes that people with such strong/extreme views would have enough initiative to start it though. We need to remember that Lemmy development was going on for years before most us took notice.

Huffman will never know such pleasure.

Who cares? Lemmy is open. There’s already many alternatives that are connected, mbin, piefed, etc.

Edit: I don’t agree with their views, but this platform is now bigger than them, and they designed it to be that way. I have to respect that.

I have no reason to believe tbis. Not that it matters to me.

Your own? Probably, but given the nature of the platform, be aware of the futility.

Don’t worry, in this case it’s definitely the fedi backend tech that’s hard to understand, not you,

under typical operating parameters

Enter food delivery drivers in the city

Funny, but I just barely know enough about cars so for anyone who knows less than me:

Blinking is when you worry.

Thank you. People really didn’t seem to like me pointing this out.

Turn signal?

What was the new name? I’ve heard open social web.

Odd, I didn’t think I was there in the first place.

Edit: it’s a joke 🤷‍♂️

Is this really the intended behaviour for linking a Mastadon post?

That’s unfortunate, because some of us were using that term before Threads existed.

Thought so, but there does seem to be some confusion surrounding this so clarity always helps.

Currently Piefed communities can be followed by Lemmy instances but not the other way around.

You mean using your tool, or overall?

It’s run by an instance admin. I wanna say lemy.lol?

even though next to it the status says “disabled”.

I believe that just means piefed.social isn’t participating in the service.

Edit: is that right, @[email protected]?