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To not want to interact with a AI bot?

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chicken2015 · 10/01/2025 19:33

I'm just curious if anyone is bothered if there are computer generated ai bots that reply to threads or start threads on mumsnet?
Is this something that bothers people , do they expect their is a human at end of every interaction?
Just edited to say I have no idea if there are ai bots on mumsnet, just curious

You are being unreasonable- I don't mind interacting with computer generated ai bots
You are not being unreasonable - I want to interact with humans only.

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MistressoftheDarkSide · 11/01/2025 19:37

KnightsTemplar00 · 11/01/2025 19:15

unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) ?

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Indeed 😁

KnightsTemplar00 · 11/01/2025 19:40

MistressoftheDarkSide · 11/01/2025 19:37

Indeed 😁

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We need spooky mulder

MistressoftheDarkSide · 11/01/2025 19:58

KnightsTemplar00 · 11/01/2025 19:40

We need spooky mulder

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I want to believe.....😆

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chicken2015 · 11/01/2025 20:09

eightIsNewNine · 11/01/2025 19:10

Detection - it's hard. MN can prevent bad AI apps, but not the good ones.
We might want to detect the technology, content or behaviour.
Simple programs would be easy to detect on a technological level (they wouldn't load pages properly, just send and receive texts), but more advanced code can use normal web browser to pretend it is a person.
Content isn't good differentiator either - people can use AI to help them write down their opinion.
Behaviour is the most hopeful - some things like posting speed and frequency might be suspicious. Potentially MN can flag posters with too many posts in an hour, limit how many threads one can start in ten minutes, and generally force the app to behave human-like.

I can't know for sure (ok, this is technically not true, I actually could know - if I tried to get an AI bot here and succeeded).
I sometimes get suspicious, once there were three new threads about different topics, all of them were three lengthy paragraphs with repetitive wording.
I decided it doesn't matter whether it was AI bit or not, I didn't like those posts so I didn't respond to them

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That's really interesting thank you for the reply. Ever since i read about cambridge analytica, ive wondered, I'm wondering if officially we would never be told anyways. As I'm sure it would effect people wanting to come on here , if they suspect they could potentially not interact with humans, it would effect traffic and revenue so I think they would want to keep quiet. (Sorry mumsnet! Just my opnion!)

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JessaWoo · 12/01/2025 00:02

@chicken2015

Yes coming from bot farms like there has been in Russia, do u think they are on here? And would they be easierly detected?

Yes, they do post here as they would any forum. I've been able to detect them myself, but I'm a bit more experienced with patterns. MN itself may not be able to by simply looking at their IP address; I'm not sure if they have more sophisticated methods. They aren't likely to say so either.

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chicken2015 · 12/01/2025 07:28

JessaWoo · 12/01/2025 00:02

@chicken2015

Yes coming from bot farms like there has been in Russia, do u think they are on here? And would they be easierly detected?

Yes, they do post here as they would any forum. I've been able to detect them myself, but I'm a bit more experienced with patterns. MN itself may not be able to by simply looking at their IP address; I'm not sure if they have more sophisticated methods. They aren't likely to say so either.

That's interesting that u have detected , I've always assumed but do not understand anything about detecting. I've read up on dead Internet theory, I wonder if that will become reality! 🤔 thank u for your reply.

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