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People Who Drink Their Own Pee Are Obsessed With AI, Using It to Reassure Themselves That It’s a Miraculous Cure-All (futurism.com)

submitted 4 days ago by cannedtuna@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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The power of AI.

Long story short, AI initially pushed back on the ridiculous idea that drinking your own piss was a cure all, then these users figured out that adding words like ‘esoteric’ to their prompts let them direct AI to tell them what they wanted to hear.

Tbh article was too gross for me to finish. That’s all you get from me for a summary.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's quite conspiratorial, TBH. I can picture ad buyers wanting that information, sure, but what's the motivation for the, errr, facebook group piss peddlers?

I don't see how they make money without some sponsor, or engagement money, which Facebook normally doesn't pay out AFAIK?

[–] Fleppensteijn@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If you've seen "recommended for you" on Facebook (or recommendations on other platforms), it's usually the dumbest shit because it drives engagement.

For the influencers, lots of visitors = potential market to peddle their piss merch, urine therapy books and recipes on YouTube