AI bots as forum members
- Thread starter Gizmo
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I'm honestly not a fan of having AI bots reply to threads. Especially if there's one that pops up in every single new thread. If admins use AI bots to help bring new content to the forum, I think there should be a limit to where they can post and how much they can post.
Maybe an forum "Ask the AI bot" or something? That's how I would like it.
I know @Jordan had something like this on his forum. You could only reply to each bot thread a couple times a day if you were a regular member, but if you were a VIP member you could keep replying to the thread.
I wouldn't mind having something like this where you're asking for something pertaining to the topic of the forum...and get responses based upon the member's posts.
I'm not going to lie, I really enjoy the idea of having AI bots in social media and forums that are not disclosed... Bots that are capable of acting so real that people assume they are.
However, I know this could backfire over time and also lead to some really unknown side effects in society.
However, I know this could backfire over time and also lead to some really unknown side effects in society.
That would certainly beat paid posting, but I've yet to come across a forum that is using AI bots well enough for that. Some forums make it embarrassingly obvious.
fantanoice
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It's great if you love living in a dystopian skinner box
It's very doable with character settings (JSON obj) and pre-training per personality for style of writing. It goes wrong when people rely on a model without properly preventing edge cases that expose AI. Reverse prompt injection or jailbreaking is possible for most LLMs out of the box so if people are determined they can trick a bot into exposing itself.
It's easier to simulate bots that produce content (Bot A creates thread) and talk amongst themselves, to maintain control (Bots B & C respond to Bot A's thread, and the 3 discuss it). This allows for multiple bots to spin up discussions, and with any sort of mod queue an admin can make sure new threads or responses blend in.
The main problem with this though is that even if content is higher quality and more frequent, people might not want to spend the time writing and sharing their thoughts on forums if they think they are talking to an LLM. They might do it to ask questions or create things with AI, but many users will be hesitant to share knowledge with a bot... Especially when many AI systems train on user input
I don't like the idea. Yeah, they could add to conversations and increase post counts, make a forum look active...but it wouldn't be meaningful. They could also give out incorrect or outdated information in their replies, or just simply shut down a conversation entirely.
I won’t be using AI bots as forum members. I don’t want them on the site at all. It’s already bad enough dealing with Google bots and other automated crawlers without adding fake users or AI accounts pretending to be real people. Forums should be about real members having real discussions, not bots posting or interacting.
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