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What's to stop any malicious actor from posting these same comments? The fact that Reddit allowed these comments to be posted is the real problem. Reddit deser

What's to stop any malicious actor from posting these same comments? The fact that Reddit allowed these comments to be posted is the real problem. Reddit deserves far more criticism than they're getting. They need to get control of inauthentic comments ASAP.

AlienRobot 1y ago
I'm pretty sure Reddit as a company couldn't care less it's a bot or AI posting so long as it gets people to upvote it. People say they don't like it, but they keep posting on Reddit instead of leaving.
- sumedh 1y ago
  The advertisers would care if their ads dont bring genuine users to their product and dont buy their product.
  - Draiken 1y ago
    You're giving a lot of credit to marketers when they usually spend a budget without care and then report they had x views/likes/impressions taunting that as a success. It's a bullshit oriented industry with almost zero scrutiny.
    - xnx 1y ago
      Yes. A lot of agencies get paid as a percentage of spend. There's very little concern or effort put in to true ROI.
000ooo000 1y ago
>What's to stop any malicious actor from posting these same comments? Nothing, but that is missing the broader point. AI allows a malicious actor to do this at a scale and quality that multiplies the impact and damage. Your question is akin to "nukes? Who cares, guns can kill people too"
93po 1y ago
even before LLMs reddit had a problem with inauthentic comments - astroturfing is a very real and proven thing, and even hillary's campaign paid people to post online, including on reddit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correct_the_Record https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correct_the_Record
maronato 1y ago
This is supposed to be scientific research, not some random malicious actors.
- nearbuy 1y ago
  It's research on whether malicious actors could use LLMs to persuade people. If you restrict the tricks it can use, what is the research telling you? How nice, honest people might persuade Redditors by secretly using LLMs? How malicious actors might persuade people if they never lied?

AlienRobot 1y ago

I'm pretty sure Reddit as a company couldn't care less it's a bot or AI posting so long as it gets people to upvote it. People say they don't like it, but they keep posting on Reddit instead of leaving.

sumedh 1y ago
The advertisers would care if their ads dont bring genuine users to their product and dont buy their product.
- Draiken 1y ago
  You're giving a lot of credit to marketers when they usually spend a budget without care and then report they had x views/likes/impressions taunting that as a success. It's a bullshit oriented industry with almost zero scrutiny.
  - xnx 1y ago
    Yes. A lot of agencies get paid as a percentage of spend. There's very little concern or effort put in to true ROI.

000ooo000 1y ago

>What's to stop any malicious actor from posting these same comments? Nothing, but that is missing the broader point. AI allows a malicious actor to do this at a scale and quality that multiplies the impact and damage. Your question is akin to "nukes? Who cares, guns can kill people too"

93po 1y ago

even before LLMs reddit had a problem with inauthentic comments - astroturfing is a very real and proven thing, and even hillary's campaign paid people to post online, including on reddit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correct_the_Record https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correct_the_Record

maronato 1y ago

This is supposed to be scientific research, not some random malicious actors.

nearbuy 1y ago
It's research on whether malicious actors could use LLMs to persuade people. If you restrict the tricks it can use, what is the research telling you? How nice, honest people might persuade Redditors by secretly using LLMs? How malicious actors might persuade people if they never lied?