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.

Except bureaucrats, of course.

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.

They should bring back chain shot.

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.

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

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

this is ai gen so stop it

You know what they say about Al...

It's an extremely small proportion of the total number of Facebook posts though. Nowhere near enough for statistical significance.

The proportion of the total population size is almost irrelevant when you use random sampling. It doesn't rely on examining a large portion of the population, but rather that it becomes increasingly unlikely for the sample set to deviate dramatically from the population size. This is a function of the number of samples you take, decoupled from the population size.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(statistics)

I agree

Good on him for not falling for the MAGA bulldust and trying for the third option

I was wondering how far I'd have to scroll before getting to someone who doesn't understand statistics complaining about the sample size...

There's likely been trillions of posts on Facebook during that time frame. Is a sample size of 8000 really sufficient for a corpus that large?

Take note this does not appear to be an independent study. Tell me I'm wrong?

Have you ever heard of "margin of error"?

Learn statistics, it's actually super informative.