The use of AI to spark discussion on forums

[OMCHamlin]

I have noticed the literal explosion of AI generated video and discussion across social media and am trying to wrap my head around what (who?) is real and who is not. As a gauge, do other members here get the feeling that most of the topics generated on here are "seeded" by AI computers? Is THAT good enough for you to engage? Thoughts?

 

[DMK]

do other members here get the feeling that most of the topics generated on here are "seeded" by AI computers?

I do. I also suspect that the S&W forum that led me here was either hacked or sold. They ran that forum with an iron fist I don't see them allowing people to be led to another forum. All the threads questioning it have been locked.

I just saw that here they have now decided politics and the marketplace requires payment to use. I wouldn't have joined had I seen that to begin with.

 

[BKLooney]

I was starting to think scam/hijack as well, Chad over on smith-wessonforum.com finally stepped up and addressed this - msg# 110:

https://smith-wessonforum.com/threa...d-information-to-join-new-forum.744239/page-6

 

[OMCHamlin]

Well, they have the option of "Deleting Account" here, so I think that is my route. When I can't tell that I'm talking to a person or not, I'm out!

 

[krunchnik]

Well I hope we are all real-
I mean how could a person talk to themselves if you weren't real?
Of coarse it's sarcasm-

 

[Alan]

We are all real.
Similar thread on TNDeer. I am real

 

[fullagofast]

While I think Dead Internet Theory is an interesting concept, I think it has more to do with forums dying as a medium. It's not easy to get gun people especially to open up and start discussing things. TBF, several posts from Alan look like they may be AI influenced, but what is the other option? just have an empty forum? If you let the forum stay empty, people leave since "No one is posting."; someone posts some super generic discussion kindling, and that's not good either?

I do figure most if not all forums will end up as zero scope properties (I think that's the name). In the age of Facebook, X, Tik Tok, and Instagram, volume is the only way to run forums.

 

[Alan]

I mean, do I use Grammarly? Yeah, but forums aren't dying - I think people are tied of not being able to share ideas on these large corporate sites without fears of being canceled, or whatever. How many have anonymized accounts on Facebook, or on a number of any of them...forums allow for anonymous posting to a point that you can "respect" a username.