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AITA - Why is everyone using this now?

29 replies

saveforthat · 23/12/2024 17:49

I thought people were making typos, then I googled it, apparently it's am I the arsehole, used on reddit. AIBU to say this is AIBU?

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User54614664 · 23/12/2024 18:01

I feel these could be very advanced AI LLM bots starting threads using what they learned from Reddit. "Bots" is almost doing it a disservice because the current range of LLM AI engines are light years beyond easily recognisable spam bots and fake threads. They may also be engineered to generate a fake posting history or create a digital footprint that most closely mimics a human profile (eg female 35, one child, problems with partner etc)

Anyone even vaguely familiar with MN knows the AIBU acronym so it makes no sense for someone to splash Reddit-isms all over their post. It does make sense if it's an AI model trained almost exclusively on American content because AITA is the most widely used abbreviation there. It's a very obvious slipup from a human POV, but not from an AI POV. If the AI hadn't been trained on content from British websites and MN, then it has no way of knowing that AIBU is more commonplace than AITA.

Nameychangington · 23/12/2024 17:51

YANBU.

See also: 'I (33F) and he (35M) went out with his DB (38M) and DBs new GF (28F).' I don't care how old you are, keep it on Reddit

AnyoneSomeone · 23/12/2024 17:51

It is annoying. Lots of Reddit stuff creeping into MN. 'Female (25)' is another Reddit thing.

Moier · 23/12/2024 17:50

Hate the word Arsehole.