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Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Semi-obligatory thanks to @dgerard for starting this, and happy new year in advance.)

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Surprised this hasn’t been mentioned yet: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/meta-ai-users-facebook-instagram-1235221430/

Facebook and Instagram to add AI users. I’m sure that’s what everyone has been begging for…

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Spam bots are good now!

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I think it did come up a few weeks back, but it’s indeed a hilarious mess. the engagement must flow!

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In my dreams, it won’t take long until all user interactions are AI driven and people paying for ad space in that shit realizes that, leading to an immediate crash of meta’s finances.

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