ylai@lemmy.ml to Reddit@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoAI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO'www.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkAI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO'www.404media.coylai@lemmy.ml to Reddit@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square36fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareDeebster@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-28 months agoI’m not a regular there any more, but I feel like there’s more “natural” spam posts nowadays. They’re not natural enough that they haven’t prompted me to check the account’s post history (all mention product x, of course). Edit: e.g. this one If this is an example of the AI, it’s not very good.
minus-squareeveninghere@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoLLMs don’t generate that sort of templated response for conversation (although they do for software code). It’s more likely a traditional ad, using some classical algorithms perhaps.
I’m not a regular there any more, but I feel like there’s more “natural” spam posts nowadays. They’re not natural enough that they haven’t prompted me to check the account’s post history (all mention product x, of course).
Edit: e.g. this one
If this is an example of the AI, it’s not very good.
LLMs don’t generate that sort of templated response for conversation (although they do for software code).
It’s more likely a traditional ad, using some classical algorithms perhaps.