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There is no topic more botted than the AI discussion and I see Lemmy isn't immune.
It's clearly a critical article.
Subtitle: "Won't somebody think of the CEOs?"
It's also clearly not the only writing on the subject on the entire Internet.
Don't tell. Show.
Seems like a standard that isn't possible to meet. If there was a reliable way to detect bots we wouldn't be in this situation where bots dominate social media.
I can tell you that the bot tactic of promoting outrage and vitriol is well known and the topic of AI has some of the most toxic people participating. Always bringing insults, fallacy laden 'arguments' and downvote spamming.
That doesn't happen on other topics where people disagree, even in this community.
We know bots are a big problem on social media. We know the tactics that they use, they infiltrate both extremes and use those positions to sow division and anger and, in my experience, this is the topic that receives the most comments fitting that tactic.