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University of Zurich researchers secretly deployed AI bots to manipulate Reddit users' opinions, Reddit Admins Are Outraged (nitter.poast.org)

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– The_Shadow_of_Intent 2 points 1 year ago +2 / -0

The revelation that University of Zurich researchers secretly deployed AI bots to manipulate Reddit users' opinions should chill anyone who values authentic human discourse.

So why is this OP twitter post written by AI? As some kind of joke on the X users who are crowing over the dummies at Reddit?

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