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Scientists Invented a Disease to Test Whether A.I. Knew It Was Fake. Then, Chatbots Started Saying It Was Real (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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[โ€“] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I was at a bar where some marketing orangutans were discussing that the forefront of marketing was tricking chatbots into promoting your product or service via BS websites.

Cooked. Entirely cooked.

[โ€“] Telorand@reddthat.com 7 points 2 hours ago

I see the web fracturing into a gigantic swamp of corporate AI slop and a tiny pool of the indie web.