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Re: Meta Wants More AI Bots on Facebook and Instagram

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Post by herbst »

Animats wrote: post #13
friend_Fernando wrote: post #10

I think we actually need more bots discussing politics online. Specifically, we need echo chambers to be replaced by cacophony chambers. The only way to salvage democracy is to bring it back offline. Online, it was undermined by troll farms pulling the strings in favor of certain shady factions. It's time for the good guys to get their hands dirty and break the spell. Trolls cannot be silenced, but they can be offset…

> Specifically, we need echo chambers to be replaced by cacophony chambers. That's the objective of modern Russian propaganda. The goal is not to be believed. It is to create confusion and reap inaction.

Isn't that the same for any bigger propaganda machine? I don't see the US doing any different than that

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Post by nick__m »

reaperducer wrote: post #153
Kiro wrote: post #113

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> but don't make the mistake of thinking that your experience is the only experience I'm literally responding to someone claiming it's easier across the board. I'm not the one making that mistake. > Do they no longer exist? That sounds really complicated compared to just opening a web page. Besides, my computer doesn't even have a Bluetooth connection.

That sounds really complicated compared to just opening a web page. It's actually less complicated than using a web page because you just start the SMS/iMessage program, and it's there ready to go. With a browser you have to start the browser and then tell it to go to Facebook. Then open the messaging portion of Facebook. Three times a many steps. Besides, my computer doesn't even have a Bluetooth connection. That's…

  That's interesting to me. I didn't think any computer made in the last 20 years didn't have Bluetooth. What kind is it?
When you assemble your own computer wifi and Bluetooth are still completely optional.

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Post by herbst »

greenhearth wrote: post #268

So this is basically the bitcoin of social media engagement? I don't have any followers, I will just make some? Who's to say they're not real followers? What is this "real" anyway?

You can make bitcoins?

Either way, that's the exact way social media works right now. There is nothing real about it anymore. All numbers are inflated.

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Post by herbst »

aiwjrliawj wrote: post #264

Jesus christ social media is poison. LinkedIn is the only thing I still use, and even that only with dozens of adblock filters in place to remove 80% of content from my newsfeed and never on mobile since I can't use adblock. Social media is modern day tobacco.

Why even linkedin? Maybe I was doing it wrong but the far majority I got was literally crypto spam and job hunters who haven't read anything about me.

Re: Meta Wants More AI Bots on Facebook and Instagram

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Post by RajT88 »

amyames wrote: post #272
RajT88 wrote: post #196

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> "don't show me this" I have tried this with bizarre results. Any kind of booby hot chick type post, I will do this. Sometimes I go so far as blocking the account. There was a week it was all AI-generated booby photos of Salma Hayek - no matter how many accounts I un-followed or blocked, there was a never-ending stream of accounts with AI generated Salma Hayek photos being posted. I gave up after a week, and took so…

I think when you click on the offending profile to block it, Facebook must decide that’s what you like to see. Or something. Because some moron has 1000 profiles for “cars under $2500” and the more of them I clicked and blocked , the more of them would show up in my feed. I hate that I can’t opt out of the “for you” stuff and don’t actually see anything from family or friends anymore . And I hate that the more I try…

This is probably it. They do not discriminate types of engagement - blocking or unfollowing is still engagement, and some team is probably gaming their numbers by intentionally not discriminating.

Meta is a rotten company.

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Post by FredPret »

paganel wrote: post #208
FredPret wrote: post #130

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You mean it’s a social network that advertises exclusively to people in their prime spending years? Sounds like a roaring success to me. Looking at their financials, I’m right about that: https://valustox.com/META . Our culture is obsessed with youth. But economically the young are not a great demographic to have frequenting your site: - fashions change quickly - they can be demanding - they have no money Contrast to…

Yes, it’s in its BlackBerry 2005-2006 moment (optimistically), more like its 2008 moment (realistically). There was still lots of money coming in for both BB and Nokia around 2005-2006, too much money, for that matter, which eventually made them collapse. Ask yourself this, who do you see still using Facebook (the app) in 5-10 years’ time? But, then again, lots of people here which have a direct stake in Meta, either…

Look, every company goes through a lifecycle; tech companies go through them faster.

But I’m in my mid 30’s and will probably use Facebook (very casually) for life.

I’ve bought multiple products from their ads; they’ve got my profile zero’ed in, and that suits me perfectly.

Every week I go on it for 5 minutes, see my friends’ baby pictures and a handful of products that are perfect for me. That’s much better than most sites.

As to recruiting 20-somethings, I’m not convinced that’s crucial to any established business, and even if it were - there are tons of boring businesses that hire smart 20-somethings every day.

Re: Meta Wants More AI Bots on Facebook and Instagram

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Post by herbst »

maxehmookau wrote: post #68

I quit FB 3 years ago. It's already riddled with bots, AI generated "content" and ragebait. If this doesn't push you away from it, what will?

What even make you stay so long? It's been an targetted ad platform full of scammy ads for much longer than that

Re: Meta Wants More AI Bots on Facebook and Instagram

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Post by RajT88 »

Atotalnoob wrote: post #273
RajT88 wrote: post #196

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> "don't show me this" I have tried this with bizarre results. Any kind of booby hot chick type post, I will do this. Sometimes I go so far as blocking the account. There was a week it was all AI-generated booby photos of Salma Hayek - no matter how many accounts I un-followed or blocked, there was a never-ending stream of accounts with AI generated Salma Hayek photos being posted. I gave up after a week, and took so…

I would presume the fishing and car groups are male heavy, and those men who have similar likes as you, like the booby photos. They are profiling your likes.

Plausible - sort of. I have never 'liked' a booby photo, and it's true probably lots of those guys have.

FWIW, booby photos are verboten in those groups/group chats. The owners try hard to keep things topically relevant.

Re: Meta Wants More AI Bots on Facebook and Instagram

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Post by joenot443 »

krisoft wrote: post #237
joenot443 wrote: post #212

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I think in an ideal world you could groom your audience to your liking! Personally, if I could suspend my disbelief, I'd love an army of virtual techies telling me how clever my ideas are. Others might prefer a legion of other super moms praising their selfless parenting when no one else does, or like you were getting at, maybe just a peanut gallery! Image gen on-device might be tough, we'll save that for the 1.1 rel…

I'm not sure if you are sarcastic, but your definition of "ideal world" feels very different from mine. What you describe sounds as close to the scifi concept of wireheading as I can imagine to get without brain surgery.

I'm being tongue in cheek, for sure. Let's pretend I said "ideally" instead, as in, "ideally the product would function this way".

I admittedly wouldn't be the target audience for this concept, nor would I take up wireheading. When I see the huge success of Character.ai or the above SocialAI though, I'm really convinced there's a market segment of people younger than us who get a lot out of communicating with virtual "friends".

Re: Meta Wants More AI Bots on Facebook and Instagram

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Post by joenot443 »

kridsdale1 wrote: post #207
sheperd wrote: post #112

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Already exists, social AI. Meta hired the owner to implement this feature. Doesn't hurt to create a competitor if you're interested though!

Wait really? Matt was boomeranged?

Here's the announcement post - https://x.com/michaelsayman/status/1835841675584811239

Looks like his name's Michael and that indeed, he's presently at Meta. If you end up reading this Michael, great product!

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