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Meta’s AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop (gizmodo.com)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Soon people discovered that Meta’s ghoulish posters had been among us for months, even years. There’s Liv, a “Proud black queer momma of 2 & truth-teller,” according to its Instagram profile. Add to that Brian, “everybody’s grandpa;” Jade, “your girl for all things hip-hop;” and Carter, a “relationship coach.” I’m sure there are more yet to be discovered.

All four of these posters have pages on both Facebook and Instagram with mirrored content and all four have post histories that go back to September 26, 2023. The accounts have the blue verified check marks and a label indicating that they’re an AI “managed by Meta.” Users can block them on Facebook, but not on Instagram. Users can also message them across all of Meta’s platforms, including WhatsApp.

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[–] [email protected] 240 points 3 days ago (20 children)

I think Zuckerberg fundamentally misunderstands humans. I don't even mean the memes of calling him a robot or lizzard or whatever, I truly believe being a billionaire in a tech bubble from a young age severely harmed his notion of his own species to the point of being pathological.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I don't like Zuck, but he did not misunderstand humans. He's just 2 steps ahead of you. Kids go on https://c.ai right now and playfully chat with AI posing as various pop culture characters or professions. While this generation grows up, Zuck will have a portfolio of made up characters ready and waiting for them on FB, where the humans can live their life without ever befriending another real human and sharing everything with Meta, to be monetized.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd entertain your theory, but Facebook is pretty much only kept alive by boomers and Mark's AI multiverse web 3.0 became a commercial failure, so I don't think your idea that he understands young people and is just ahead of me holds.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

you don't have to understand people to make this move. just market trends

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Metaverse tells me that he doesn't understand kids or market trends.

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