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Reddit has reportedly signed over its content to train AI models (mashable.com)

submitted 8 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 126 points 8 months ago (6 children)

A LLM that behaves like a typical Redditor?

What possible use is that?

[–] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 69 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Air Canada offering a refund of tree fiddy.

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You'll get your refund eventually but first it will try and gaslight you that Air Canada is a woke mind virus before calling you an asshole and then stalking you.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

"instead of the $3.50 refund, I'm also authorized to offer you some June 2025 $350 GME calls."

[–] ndru@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

If it’s trained on the average Reddit reply: $420.69, nice.

[–] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I just want to mark the occasion when my previous comment is on 69 points. Noice.

[–] honey_im_meat_grinding@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What possible use is that?

I've noticed "has this sub gotten more right wing recently?" posts reaching the top post of the day in the last 6 months or so. r/norge and r/unitedkingdom being examples. You can automate bots that change a subreddit's consensus on certain topics by bot-spamming threads pertaining to those topics, especially in the first hour of a thread going up. I don't know if that's happening, or if it has more to do with the Reddit protest that saw mods abdicate their positions last June and new mods being responsible for the change... but it could also be a bit of both.

[–] mryessir@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

Do you propose more bots in order to steer the public opinion? That could indeed generate serious money for reddit I suppose!

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 9 points 8 months ago

A redditor bot is a viable example of a forum member bot.

IMO, I don't think it can drive topics, but it could make things controversial.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 6 points 8 months ago

A LLM that behaves like a typical Redditor? // What possible use is that?

[You] "Chatbot, please tell me which pokemon types are strong against Fairy."
[Le Lebbit Moronbot] "I'm not sure if I understand, you calling me a chatbot? I'm so confused lol"
[You] "Moronbot, please tell me which pokemon types are strong against Fairy."
[LLM] "Actually, you should be spelling it "Pokémon" lol"
[You] "Moronbot, which types are strong against Fairy?"
[LLM] "I assume you talking about fairies. Fairies are from mythology lmao"
[You] "Did people really waste water and electricity for this trash?"
[LLM] "Waaah, you're toxic!!111one"

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Marketing to terminally online people maybe?

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Entertaining puns and pointless jokes.