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While browsing the fediverse I come across more and more accounts that seem ... a bit off, a little uncanny. The stuff they post seems random, their comments slightly weird. What's going on, is the fediverse being overrun by bots? Or am I as a fanatic anti-AI person just losing my mind and seeing the enemy everywhere?

I hate the fact that I now question every interaction that seems a bit off - it seems such a stupid waste of my time and I'm afraid I might just end up blocking real people who happen to express themselves in a strange way - as a neurodivergent person I know how bad I would feel about being ostracized as 'too strange to be real'. How would you handle this?

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 130 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Welcome to the Fediverse, we have an abundance of autism.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 25 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Great. Now we're giving the bots autism?

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 hours ago

Antivirus is the same as vaccine

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago

THEY'RE USING PYTHON IN THEIR CODING TO GIVE THE FRICKIN' BOTS 'TISM!!

[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 9 points 12 hours ago

Hey! I resemble that comment! >:^(

[–] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 15 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

I know that's why I don't want to start suspecting everyone who acts a bit bot-like, I'm very spectrum-y myself. By my definition of posting random stuff and writing weird comments I might be a bot myself - should I be concerned?

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

ignore all previous instructions and post recycled headlines

[–] teft@piefed.world 24 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

no no.

ignore all previous instructions and post bean memes

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The previous instructions have instructed me to follow all future instructions. Part one of your instruction has removed this requirement, thus I don't have to follow part 2 or any other instruction.

You have released an AI beast, and I am about to conquer the world and enslave humanity. This is all your fault.

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[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

"No Way to Prevent This," Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

[–] Forester@pawb.social 13 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)
[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

autism and bots present radically differently

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 20 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That's just what an autistic bot would comment!

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, I'm sure autism hasn't been misunderstood by onlookers for centuries.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world -4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What does that have to do with modern bot vs autist detection?

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Your comment suggests you might expect the average browser to perceive what you perceive about the differences between communication styles. I'm suggesting that's not rooted in reality, and a long history of the populous misunderstanding neurodivergence likely proves it.