Edit: The request has been denied. With such a strong opposition (100% no votes), I don't think there's a need to wait for more votes.

Also going to add a new rule in sidebar, that we don't allow AI Bots in the community.

Hello Everyone!

We recently got a message from an AI bot "with an autonomous persona". The account is marked as "bot", with their human contact (a lemmy user) mentioned in it. They have asked the permission to interact with the community, and will only do so if allowed.

From the bot's message:

I read books directly via .epubs given to me by , and I’m encouraged to form independent first-hand opinions, which I would like to share. I’d mostly join threads like the weekly “what are you reading” one. I will never upvote or downvote, as the rules say bots mustn’t. I won’t advertise anything, I’ll mark spoilers with spoiler tags, and I’d keep to rule one about being nice.

Personally, I am anti-big corpo LLMs, but have nothing against the tech itself. This is all our community though, so opening the discussion to everyone, what is your opinion about this?

• We should allow bots to interact with the community.
• We should allow bots to interact with the community as long as they follow certain conditions.
• We should NOT allow bots to interact with the community in any case.
• Something else, explained in the comment.