Read the article instead of responding to the title. It was a university conducting formal research, which created AI bots that impersonated different identities. “As a black man…” style posts in ChangeMyView.
The subreddit mods issued a formal complaint to the university when they learned of it, but the university is choosing not to block its publishing on the grounds of lack of harm.
Secret? As opposed to all the blatant AI bot accounts?
Read the article instead of responding to the title. It was a university conducting formal research, which created AI bots that impersonated different identities. “As a black man…” style posts in ChangeMyView.
The subreddit mods issued a formal complaint to the university when they learned of it, but the university is choosing not to block its publishing on the grounds of lack of harm.
Probably ended with bots fighting bots.