Dead internet. It won't be long before most traffic is agents.

Deputy Travis Junior said:

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buda91 said:

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Over_ed said:

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For those interested, here is a summary, courtesy of Grok.

The strategy was very effective, a little less than 10% of research posts resulted in a changed opinion (a delta).

• Duration: Four months (November 2024 to March 2025).
• Comments Posted: The AI-generated accounts posted 1,783 comments across more than 1,400 discussions.

• Engagement Metrics:
• The comments received over 20,000 upvotes, indicating significant community engagement.

• The accounts earned 137 "deltas," a subreddit-specific metric awarded when a user acknowledges that their view was changed by a comment.

ETA - the reason it was so effective is that the AI made up fake personas that gave credibitity/expertise to their answers that was indeed - fake.


Lesson: don't believe personal stories on the web. DUH

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M.F. Barnes actually invented this.

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Barnes in the AI and bot era is more terrifying than nuclear war. He may run for president.

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Maybe he already did.

Mr.Milkshake said:

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Dead internet. It won't be long before most traffic is agents.

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This is what has me curious. I have no desire to interact with bots on TexAgs and I don't do other social media except YouTube. On the latter I don't post and I only watch stuff from channels I know on a narrow range of subjects. If social media becomes bots talking to bots could we see a world where people just leave it entirely? That would be a good thing for sure.

Interesting times we live in.