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Meta’s AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop (gizmodo.com)
submitted 4 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] 60 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It's what drives most billionaire mentalities: elite projection.

They think that what they want must be what everyone wants. They believe that what's best for them is best for everyone as long as they believe it to be morally okay for their own interests.

For a billionaire that regularly isolates himself from not just society, but also his own company's employees, having fake profiles where computers do the communication instead of a human, go along and agree with whatever you say, remain eternally unoffensive, and exist solely to increase engagement doesn't seem like a bad idea, since it seems almost like what he'd want for himself.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I agree he's a weirdo, but this isn't engagement per se, it's to make money. If someone seems legit and is saying how awesome a product is, people will buy stuff. Meta will create a persona for businesses for a price. Meta wouldn't let people go rogue and create their own, they want to sell the service.