The switch isn’t too difficult imo. I only lurk on reddit for certain communities, but much of the news/memes here are the same or better. The comment sections seem more sincere here too.

Most importantly, no ads and the ability to block users/communities/domains that you don’t want to see/hear

Don’t engage with the troll. Just block them ;)

How does generating engagement using AI do anything but add to the noise that actual people have to filter though?

Oh, it’s the Logic and Ethics guy. I remember blocking that weirdo/bot a while ago after seeing his posts in one of the communities here.

I would argue that it’s not a hot take for anyone in this community

When you train an LLM with data from the darker parts of the internet you shouldn’t be surprised when it says degenerate things

Maybe its because the word “rapist” sounds a lot like “racist”.

1/20 chance of introducing secondhand inaccuracies to news when it’s already hard enough for news to be accurate.

Fuck HilariousChaos. I’m glad I blocked them and their low-effort communities a long time ago

It’s pretty silly if the phrase actually came from AI being unable to read a two-column paper.

Unless the authors can define/cite what “vegetative electron microscopy” is, they shouldn’t use the term. That’s just common sense for academics, one would think.

The puritanical hypocrite kind too. Probably has a lot of overlap with the bigots

You know what else is self replicating? Computer worms. I don’t see any headlines about computer worms outsmarting humans though.