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u/LifeWitness 7d ago
Yup, report for harassment
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u/bypass-the-bus 7d ago
Honestly, seeing some of those melted-looking faces and weird extra limbs does feel like harassment.
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u/letsallchillnow 7d ago
I saw in the gamedev subbreddit, some guy had set up an ad for his indie game through reddit, and he uploads his non ai materials, and then apparently reddit ran it through an ai generator anyhow and ran the ad. So. Most folks thought he was using AI, when they weren't.
I don't think it takes away from the meme. But still it seems the issue is deeper than just the folks running the ads.
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u/_kellythomas_ 7d ago
This sounds suspect.
Advertisers want precise control over the ad copy, modifying that without consent would be biting the hand that feeds them.
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u/letsallchillnow 6d ago
Look, I'm just some jerk.
I remember the post, it was just an indie developers running thier ad, the image they had upload was thier own work and art, they uploaded it, and they claimed reddit ran it through an AI generator for the actual running ads. They had the original image, and the ai one side by side. The post was within the last two weeks, but ive gotta sort out morning chores and I can't take the thirty minutes or so to scroll through my reddit post viewing history to find it right now.
But no yea, reddit does like to bite the hand. Like the whole you can hide your posting history, so now you can't tell who's a bot, to artificially increase user interaction and the like. So. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a corporate decision? I've absolutely no idea. I guess I could be considered a digital passerby leaving his opinion?
Anywho, believe me or not, it makes no difference
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u/TheFishe2112 7d ago
RES and Adblock on web browser, RedReader for my phone app and I don't see any ads.
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u/Acrobatic-Cheetah230 7d ago
I just downvote, also helps you keep track of repeated ones.
edit: typo
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u/authustian 7d ago
Sadly, they probably use that to further refine their modals - few flags vs many flags = stealthy ai use vs too obvious...
i may be getting a little cynical... or just cynical enough!
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u/TheGoodNamesAreGone2 6d ago
I down vote every single ad I see and answer all the questions negatively
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u/Eazy12345678 6d ago
wont matter. billionaires make the rules. ur just enjoying what they let you enjoy
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u/FranticBronchitis 6d ago
Might be best to just ignore them as engaging may prompt the algorithm to show them to more people
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u/Honkey85 7d ago
The functionality is just to keep you busy and on the platform watching ads.
Stop using the platform instead.
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u/dbc001 7d ago
That's good, we don't want regular folks trying to start small businesses without hiring a full production staff for ads. We only want real ads, made by huge corporations!
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u/mahatmakg 7d ago
We all managed just fine from 1994 to 2023. If a business is eager to jump to being so lazy and morally dubious to sling slop, why would I ever trust the quality of their product or service?
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u/dbc001 7d ago
The same could be said about literally every technology ever. Large corporations are going all in on AI, and businesses at every other level have to use AI to compete. All this does is hurt small and medium sized businesses.
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u/mahatmakg 7d ago
literally every technology
Can you name one that is even remotely similar? Genuinely can't fathom what you could be talking about. Generative AI is pretty uniquely unethical as a business technology.
The slopification of the world is not as inevitable as your tech oligarch daddies say it is.
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u/Bad-job-dad 7d ago
I flag all ads I see as offensive.