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It’s been estimated that around 50% of the comments on the internet are bots That's just the sort of false misinformation being propagated through the internet
by bilbo0s 3y ago
It’s been estimated that around 50% of the comments on the internet are bots
That's just the sort of false misinformation being propagated through the internet and social media these days that makes it difficult for us as a society to properly assess and deal with our problems.
There is no way that only 50% of comments on the internet are sock puppets of one kind or another.
- sylware 3y agoIt is way worse and that's not going to get better: AI trolls. Strap a neural net to an headless blink/webkit with a virtual mouse and keyboard. Click farms would be used to generate the data for machine learning.
- genman 3y ago> There is no way that only 50% of comments on the internet are sock puppets of one kind or another. No way? Why not? First the content doesn't have to be original, just a variation of some provided template, then it doesn't have to be unique. Now combine this with automated tools and voila - even a single person can produce a lot of content but now multiple it with multiple accounts re-sharing it and you can increase it by order of magnitude.