OpenAI drops ban on military tools to partner with The Pentagon

Re:OpenAI drops ban on military tools to partner with The Pe... by frogamel on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @07:29PM (#39021344)

I've noticed a huge surge in negativity and pessimism on English-language social media within the last year or so, roughly corresponding with to the spread of LLM tech. I do wonder whether these people are mostly just bots.

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Re:OpenAI drops ban on military tools to partner with The Pe... by rightbyte on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @04:37AM (#39025515)

Twitter and Reddit seem to be filled with bots and shills nowadays.

I think it is a consequence of actual users leaving for private groups (Discord, Telegram, Whatsapp) or small forums.

But ye surely LLMs are increasing the bot count.

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Re:OpenAI drops ban on military tools to partner with The Pe... by fulladder on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @12:10PM (#39030473)

This seems to be happening in English-language meat space too, so I don't think it's bots. I'm not sure what happened. The trend started in 2023 and seems to be ongoing, though I imagine people will get over it soon. I've heard it suggested that people are just in a funk about the economy, at least in the U.S.

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Re:OpenAI drops ban on military tools to partner with The Pe... by shadoxx on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @11:06PM (#39037675)

I've noticed this as well, across pretty much all of social media that I use. I can't quite place my finger on it, whether it's just a reflection of the state of the collective feelings of people, or if it's mass manipulation. At this point it could be both.

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