silverbax@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoNew Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinionmedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square116linkfedilinkarrow-up1747arrow-down122cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1725arrow-down1external-linkNew Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinionmedium.comsilverbax@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square116linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squarephillaholic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 years agoI always saw it as someone who only repeats talking points verbatim is essentially a robot. If I can’t tell if you are a human posting, or an automated response is there a meaningful difference?
minus-squarequo@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoReal people repeat talking points all the time. It’s trivial to use a prompt to avoid cliches, or to give a long nuanced answer. Just like CAPTCHAs, using this strategy to tell real people from bots will fail more than it works.
I always saw it as someone who only repeats talking points verbatim is essentially a robot. If I can’t tell if you are a human posting, or an automated response is there a meaningful difference?
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Real people repeat talking points all the time.
It’s trivial to use a prompt to avoid cliches, or to give a long nuanced answer.
Just like CAPTCHAs, using this strategy to tell real people from bots will fail more than it works.