Why do people use AI auto comments on social ?
Toni
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Why ?
The AI comments all look the same, are mostly irrelevant and hurt the sender’s reputation. If you want to grow audience, comment with value
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Yurii Holovanov@yurii_holovanov
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Because half of the internet consists of bots nowadays. And with 'talking' neural networks, it becomes harder and harder to spot them. Research: Dead Internet Theory if you want to learn more about it. Yet remember, it's a theory, not an axiom.
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@yurii_holovanov AI bots are indeed a growing element to consider.
But the thing i'm pointing out is :
AI automated comments are SUPER EASY to spot because they are lazy, cringe and all the same. 😅
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@toni_pm It's easy when there is little to no effort invested in those bots. I can guarantee that if enough time is invested (for training) and the correct API is used, you'll have a very hard time spotting one.
Train it enough on some particular community and you'll never see a difference, except all the answers from it would be very vague or broad terms will be used all the time. But that's quite an unreliable thing to mark a user as a bot.
So why is there a low number of them, you ask?)
Because it's not time- and cost-effective yet to make them so sophisticated. Basic upvoting, likes, and star reviews are enough for black-hat marketers these days.
@toni_pm @yurii_holovanov Are there any products on the market that offer these fine tuned responding bots?
AI can manage large volumes of comments https://nightmarekart.com/ and messages, which is beneficial for accounts with significant followings.
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I'm guessing they've scripted some automation that can blast a much content as possible effortlessly and hope that they will catch some followers.
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Feels like at least on Product Hunt it's a way for people to attract attention and get more Kitty Points, although I think in the end it just makes everyone see them as another bot and not a real part of the community 🤷♂️
@michaelshver I feel it's the same on linkedin and twitter. People trying to get kitty points (even though there are none on Linkedin and X 😅)
AI crappy comments from useless people, i don't care, but even "serious" people use them now. (and pay $$ for those)
There's also a lot of AI-generated content starting to pop up, including pics and video. All 100% automated. LinkedIn and Instagram are great examples. Guess this is the new reality, and with the rapid speed of technology's development, I'd say soon 99% of us won't be able to spot the AI behind it. 🙃