Study of 8k Posts Suggests 40+% of Facebook Posts are AI-Generated

[dan@upvote.au]

This doesn't have anything to do with encryption. They had a public database (anyone on the internet could query it) and forgot to put a password on it. It really shouldn't even be public.

[hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Every study uses sampling. They don't have the resources to check everything. I have to imagine it took a lot of work to verify conclusively whether something was or was not generated. It's a much larger sample size than a lot of studies.

[pennomi@lemmy.world]

Except bureaucrats, of course.

[dan@upvote.au]

I have to imagine it took a lot of work to verify conclusively whether something was or was not generated

The study is by a company that creates software to detect AI content, so it's literally their whole job.

It’s a much larger sample size than a lot of studies.

It's a very small proportion of the total number of Facebook posts though.

[futatorius@lemm.ee]

They should bring back chain shot.

[futatorius@lemm.ee]

Well, there's also 0.1% who are relatives of old people who are tring to keep in touch with the batty old meme-forwarders. I was one of those until the ones who mattered most to me shuffled off this mortal coil.

[suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world]

And statistical analysis. The larger the universe, the smaller the true random sample you need

[hedhoncho@lemm.ee]

damn no wonder i feel so cheap after scrolling a fb feed for an hour

[mugdad1@lemm.ee]

this is ai gen so stop it

[quenemm@sh.itjust.works]

You know what they say about Al...