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ylai ( ylai@lemmy.ml )  to Reddit@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago

AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO'

www.404media.co

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AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO'

www.404media.co

ylai ( ylai@lemmy.ml )  to Reddit@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago
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A market for manipulating Reddit using AI have emerged.
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    That might work for now, but AI bots can easily create more content faster than human moderators can go through. We will need mechanisms to prove humanness.

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      They rarely get past the signup form, it’s trivial to spot them.

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      Another strategy might be to demand a minimum content quality. Whether trash comes from humans or bots, it’s still trash.

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