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Re:The Greatest Social Media Site Is Craigslist (Yes, Craigs... by SoftTalker on Friday June 28, 2024 @03:38PM (#40824394)
It's a game of whack-a-mole.

For every "common sense" spam filter rule you develop, the spammers will quickly find a way around it.

Maybe AI could be trained on spam and do a better job spotting it.

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Re:The Greatest Social Media Site Is Craigslist (Yes, Craigs... by mrweasel on Friday June 28, 2024 @04:00PM (#40824644)
Right now I feel like the economics of AI/LLMs are in the spammers favour. You're almost suggesting that AIs be trained to recognise other AIs. Don't misunderstand, I think it would be great if we could opt to have all AI or auto-generated content removed from our internet experience. It's just not really in the interest of the shareholders.

The best thing I've seen in a long time is the "Say potato" tactic against bots, not sure how well it works against LLMs though.

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Re:The Greatest Social Media Site Is Craigslist (Yes, Craigs... by lowtech8 on Friday June 28, 2024 @03:44PM (#40824487)
AI is spam.
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Re:The Greatest Social Media Site Is Craigslist (Yes, Craigs... by TeMPOraL on Friday June 28, 2024 @04:18PM (#40824830)
Maybe for you.

Spam is spam. Advertising is spam. AI makes it easier, but then it makes many other things easier too.

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