this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2025
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So the issue here is it was AI this time?
There have been effort by individuals and coordinated groups doing this kind of thing forever. It’s a reminder that you should not fully form your opinion on comments/posts on social media alone.
The study showed that the AI bots were between 3 and 6 times more persuasive than humans. And the study also mentioned that their bots were not recognized as AI, ever. Not once.
We are now at the point where the side with the most AI wins elections.
Guess which side has the most AI.
As was pointed out in the actual reddit discussions, ChangeMyView has a strict "do not accuse the other person of being a bot or troll" rule. So the whole "no one knew it was a bot" part has very little merit.
I thought that sounded fishy. It's common knowledge that everyone on the internet except for you is a bot so a contentious discussion on reddit without anyone accusing one of the primary commenters of being a bot seemed questionable without that bit of additional information.