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Meta’s AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop (gizmodo.com)

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Soon people discovered that Meta’s ghoulish posters had been among us for months, even years. There’s Liv, a “Proud black queer momma of 2 & truth-teller,” according to its Instagram profile. Add to that Brian, “everybody’s grandpa;” Jade, “your girl for all things hip-hop;” and Carter, a “relationship coach.” I’m sure there are more yet to be discovered.

All four of these posters have pages on both Facebook and Instagram with mirrored content and all four have post histories that go back to September 26, 2023. The accounts have the blue verified check marks and a label indicating that they’re an AI “managed by Meta.” Users can block them on Facebook, but not on Instagram. Users can also message them across all of Meta’s platforms, including WhatsApp.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

This is great. If it keeps up my remaining family on FB will give up and I can finally delete my stagnant account.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I avoid any multiplayer game that has bots that you can't filter out and you have to play with them not knowing that they're bots. it removes all the font of any game ever

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago

Pretty good article, this stood out for me:

Something about George Romero’s 1978 film about doomed survivors riding out the zombie apocalypse in a shopping mall feels resonant today as I look across Meta’s suite of AI-created profiles. The movie’s blue-skinned corpses don’t know they’re dead. They just wander through the shopping center on autopilot, looking for something new to consume.

That’s how many of our social media spaces feel now. Digital town squares populated by undead posters, zombies spouting lines they learned from an LLM, the digested material from decades of the internet spewed back at the audience. That’s what Meta is selling now.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

I don't need anymore fake content. Real people are doing an amazing job of that already.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 days ago

You've heard of the Dead Internet Theory, now get ready for the UNDEAD Internet Theory!

[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 days ago (3 children)

All the ones I’ve seen so far are minorities. This is fucking blackface.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I can't wait for the AI to reach this level of peak comedy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

So brave, as a white man, to speak out as a black woman.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

It is so much worse. Humanfacing

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Why do you hate de-versity?!

If you don't engage with them, you are a bigot and social score will be reduced.

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