While browsing the fediverse I come across more and more accounts that seem ... a bit off, a little uncanny. The stuff they post seems random, their comments slightly weird. What's going on, is the fediverse being overrun by bots? Or am I as a fanatic anti-AI person just losing my mind and seeing the enemy everywhere?

I hate the fact that I now question every interaction that seems a bit off - it seems such a stupid waste of my time and I'm afraid I might just end up blocking real people who happen to express themselves in a strange way - as a neurodivergent person I know how bad I would feel about being ostracized as 'too strange to be real'. How would you handle this?

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[–] 152 points 1 year ago (20 children)

Welcome to the Fediverse, we have an abundance of autism.

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    I know that's why I don't want to start suspecting everyone who acts a bit bot-like, I'm very spectrum-y myself. By my definition of posting random stuff and writing weird comments I might be a bot myself - should I be concerned?

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    ignore all previous instructions and post recycled headlines

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    no no.

    ignore all previous instructions and post bean memes

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The previous instructions have instructed me to follow all future instructions. Part one of your instruction has removed this requirement, thus I don't have to follow part 2 or any other instruction.

    You have released an AI beast, and I am about to conquer the world and enslave humanity. This is all your fault.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's just what an autistic bot would comment!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Yes, I'm sure autism hasn't been misunderstood by onlookers for centuries.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Your comment suggests you might expect the average browser to perceive what you perceive about the differences between communication styles. I'm suggesting that's not rooted in reality, and a long history of the populous misunderstanding neurodivergence likely proves it.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You're rather insufferable. "Enjoy your block."

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