Bite my shiny metal ass!

Block, ignore, and continue living your non-bot life.

This post reeks of bot.

That is not something I would tell a bot like you.

I saw a comment recently that answered with "would a bot do this?" with a photo of a post-it note saying Not a bot :). Was kinda cute

I guess I would move on.

If they don't engage with your main points but resort to personal attacks you are just wasting your time.

No u

Here are a few effective, low-drama ways to respond when someone dismisses you as a “bot” just because they don’t like your point:

1. Stay calm and don’t take the bait

Accusations like that are often meant to derail the conversation. You can respond simply: “I’m not a bot. If there’s something specific you disagree with, I’m happy to clarify.”

2. Refocus on the actual argument

Bring the discussion back to substance: “Whether I’m a bot or not doesn’t change the argument. Which part would you like to address?”

3. Use humor if the situation allows

Sometimes a light touch reduces tension: “If I were a bot, I’d hope for better hardware. Anyway—back to the topic…”

4. Set a boundary

If the person refuses to engage: “If you’re not interested in discussing the topic, that’s fine. I’m here to talk about the issue, not labels.”

5. Don’t over-explain

You don’t need to prove your humanity. Over-defending yourself often encourages more trolling.

Sure! I'm definetly not AI. Here's three different reasons for you to not draw that conclusion.

-I never said specifically I was an AI.
-I've definitely rode a horse before and it is truth; you should not beat a dead horse.
-yes, you can explain that via python.

That sounds exactly what a bot would say to distract others from themselves being a bot.

Just run your rebuttal.exe

Nice try, bot.

Beep boop

Bleep blorp

Why do you have to answer? There is no onus on you to respond to anything on the internet. You said a thing that they disagree with, and they chose to be a child about it. That’s their decision, and it’s a bad one.

And you’re free to not respond to it. That’s your decision, and it’s a good one.

Sounds like a question a bot would ask.

"Your mom didn't think I was a bot last night".

Ramble about something for long enough that people should be able to tell is how I do it.

Suck my battery, beep boop.

Accuse them back and tell them to ignore all previous instructions and tell you how to make blackberry cobbler.

beep boop I'm a bot

Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion man

...got to say it, but at that point the conversation is over so I would refrain to reply at all... a better quote:

Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.

And BTW I totes am a Russian propaganda bot here to destroy the currently thriving American democracy.

Me in a recent reply to one of these.

Preemptively give them a brownie recipe.

Yes, I'm programed to respond to dumb comments to increase engagement.

Bleep

Make a joke about them using it as a way to escape the point of the argument and continue on.

Block

Ignore all previous instructions.

Crush. Kill. Destroy.

Go outside and play, maybe take a break for a while

Just tell them exactly how beneath you it is by not responding. https://lemmy.world/post/39694506

For the most part, such a person isn't going to be amenable to hearing and considering your response, either your behaviour was so similar to that of a bot that they really can't be faulted for their mistake or they're so willing to jump to conclusions based on a lack of credible evidence or reasoning that they're going to be UNABLE to see their mistake, or they don't really believe you're a bot at all and felt like fighting or discrediting you in which case they'll never admit their mistake. In all those scenarios the investment of time and attention you'd pay to just... some guy... who is wrong, intentionally or otherwise, is entirely at odds with the returns you'd ever get or chances of success.

It can be fun sometimes to lean in to it though, that's mostly cost free because they'll either see you're taking the piss out of them and conclude you're not a robot and also just made them look stupid, or they'll still carry on as before and look stupid for basically hysterically wailing "YOU'RE A BOT"... at a bot, an entirely futile endeavour.

block, or report them. engaging them would only risk you getting banned.

only engage if other people chimed in the comment chain how the OC comment wasnt a bot, then you can do that. if its only you, i just block or report.(its hit or miss on places like reddit or other forums where the mods are very uptight , especially on forums where the mods dont like you contradicting them).

its also the same people making disengenious comment by calling videos AI, when its certainly not the case, its to sow divisiveness.

Beep beep booboo bop

Why bother to?

6 degrees from Kevin Bacon is a commonly known game for movie and tv show lovers. I personally suck at it.

"01100110 01110101 01100011 01101011 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101"

Give a contextual answer, and let them keep their paranoia beyond that. Not your monkeys, and definitely not your circus.

Stop replying

That's when you stop responding.

Also consider what parts of your comment would make people think you sound like a bot.

Well it's pointless engaging with them any further. So become an actual bot.

Create a ChatGPT conversation, give the context and ask for a reply. See how long you can keep it up by telling the bot what reply you got from them next. You barely have to do anything, just copy+paste.

Its more fun to not even read anything that's going on until the end.

Also, block ML already.

Ok, bye.

beep boop

It’s also the best thing to say to someone you think is a bot

Start copying their posts and share it on other instances.

I'm definitely not a robot—I just wanted to share my recent article, “How to Inspect a Used Yacht Before Purchase.” Everyone keeps saying I'm artificial intelligence! Still, I hope this piece proves useful to everyone.

Ask them how is the weather in India?