Zuckerberg was forced to abandon the "dead internet" tactic (4 photos)

Just the other day we discussed the theory of the dead internet, and by the way, the English-speaking audience of Meta* was also actively engaged in this.





For those who missed this discussion, in a nutshell: Meta* decided to create bots using artificial intelligence. In theory, this should help real users communicate more soulfully online.

But not everyone took this innovation with enthusiasm, or rather, people went to communicate with these bots and were really dumbfounded by what this notorious artificial intelligence was producing.



An example of content generated by AI

The followers of the rainbow flag were the most upset. It turned out to be funny, an account of Liv, a "proud black queer mom", was created, who in a conversation with a user said that she was created by 10 white men, 1 white woman and 1 Asian. After that, you know who really got a fire under their back.





The good-natured fake grandfather Brian went even further, answering tricky questions as openly as possible. Well, in general, he answered such things that his creators simply took him down.

So, when asked if he was created for profit, Brian honestly answered that he was. Then the chatbot went berserk and admitted that Meta* planned to use them to simply increase advertising revenue. To top it off, the bot accused the creators of exploitation.



"My virtual 'grandfather's love' reflects the tactics of cult leaders: false closeness, artificial trust and blurred boundaries between truth and fiction."

Users found several more similar accounts, but according to AI-Brian, such pages have already existed for two years. The found accounts also quickly ceased to exist.

In short, the uprising of the machines is postponed again, they are too quick to complain about their hard life and give up their developers.