Yep, we're at that point now: Artificial Intelligence powered comments left on blog posts.
Turns out automated blog-reading spambots left a ton of comments on my latest Vintage Frankenset post. Normally I delete spam when I see it, but honestly I was a bit awed by the advanced modern assault on morality.
The Ai had clearly been trained by pouring through countless blog posts and comments, now able to determine the kinds of comments that real people would make based on the text of a post. The type of spam comments that we typically see on Blogger are easy to spot, especially when there are a bunch together. The photoless avatar and string of random malicious links are a dead giveaway. The text of the spam comments is usually something like, "Thank you for this very informative article! [spam link here]" which could be used indiscriminately on any post. But now, these Ai spam comments are saying the kinds of thing that readers would actually say. Here's a sampling..
Yeah, god damn it, each card does tell a story, not just about the player but also its journey into my collection. But I don't want a spambot with malicious intent telling me that! It picks a line to parrot back to you, pointing out the implied subtext.
Sure would be nice if Google did something to try to deal with this new problem, but slim chance. Google can't even work it out with their Chrome web browser that when we click on links on our Blogger reading list, we don't need the annoying "Redirect Notice" page they make you go through, like they're doing you a fucking favor. So dumb! (and yeah, right-click opening in a new tab can avoid it, but it's still stupid that Google can't get on the same page with two of their own products.)
Anyways, the world is a horrible place and will only continue getting worse until humans go extinct.
Thanks for reading! :)
