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		Ancapistani 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is the purpose of all these AI spam c... In that vein - if they are upvoted by real people, does it matter?

bluefirebrand 4 months ago [–]

Of course it does. People are using forums and social media to connect, however flimsily, with other people.

Replacing that with bots and thinking that's equivalent is actually really sad

Ancapistani 4 months ago | [–]

For what it’s worth, I agree - I’m just no longer certain I could tell.

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