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Feels like it'll be less than a year before we get AI replies in our messaging apps, then it's nothing but AI sending messages back and forth.
Sounds like the Dead Internet Theory…
Here's the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:
The dead Internet theory is an online conspiracy theory that asserts that the Internet now consists mainly of bot activity and automatically generated content that is manipulated by algorithmic curation, marginalizing organic human activity. Proponents of the theory believe these bots are created intentionally to help manipulate algorithms and boost search results in order to ultimately manipulate consumers. Furthermore, some proponents of the theory accuse government agencies of using bots to manipulate public perception, stating "The U.S. government is engaging in an artificial intelligence powered gaslighting of the entire world population". The date given for this "death" is generally around 2016 or 2017.The theory has gained traction because much of the observed phenomena is grounded in quantifiable phenomena like increased bot traffic. However, the idea that it is a coordinated psyop has been described by Kaitlin Tiffany, staff writer at The Atlantic, as a "paranoid fantasy," even if there are legitimate criticisms involving bot traffic and the integrity of the internet.^to^ ^opt^ ^out^^,^ ^pm^ ^me^ ^'optout'.^ ^article^ ^|^ ^about^
It's like RAAAiAIIIN
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
How ironic
Took me a second...
Bravo!
Before leaving Reddit, I frequently saw what was clearly LLM bots having "conversations" in the comments. Shit's just starting to get weird.
It already exists. Some spambots are using LLM generated messages to reply to users (possibly for engagement/apparent legitimacy).
Won't be too long before you have two separate spam networks "talking" to each other.
Everyone on Lemmy is a bot except you!
Bleep bloop, I'm a robot
AI generated messages are already in Android's Messenges client.
Where? I'd like to use it as if I cannot answer a call, I'd like it to offer a better replying option than the hardcoded ones now.
You may need to sign up for beta access to the Messages app in the Play Store to gain access. Attracted is a screen shot of what it looks like on my end, you tap the 4th button from the right. For what it's worth, I don't use it...
How do you know? I would love to read more about this
https://support.google.com/messages/answer/13632636?hl=en
Got a link?
https://support.google.com/messages/answer/13632636?hl=en
Here's to everyone asking.
Those are different and have been in there for a while. Here's a screen shot of what I was referring to. It's the 4th button from the right
Oh it's typing/chat suggestions, the same thing we already get with our keyboards. For some reason I thought you meant error messages written by AI haha.