This is fascinating!! Researchers simulated a social media platform populated entirely by OpenAI chatbots and found none of their interventions could stop the platform itself from turning into a polarized, hellscape full of echo chambers. https://futurism.com/social-network-ai-intervention-echo-chamber

Scientists Created an Entire Social Network Where Every User Is a Bot, and Something Wild Happened - Scientists Created an Entire Social Network Where Every User Is a Bot, and Something Wild Happened

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Scientists Created an Entire Social Network Where Every User Is a Bot, and Something Wild Happened

Researchers simulated a social media platform that was populated entirely by AI to see if we can stop them from turning into echo chambers.

August 21, 2025 at 1:56:56 AM

This is a study even a magat could understand.

Of course, Thiel, Musk et al. might see this as a feature—the accurate, unaltered execution of its actual purpose . . .

@emmalbriant @ShaulaEvans I feel like this says more about chatbots than about humans though

@luce @emmalbriant @ShaulaEvans

Proof that LLMs plagiarize the worst people have to proffer, perhaps.

What percentage of X is chatbot, now?

One good study deserves another . . .

https://thedailyadda.com/95-of-companies-see-zero-return-on-30-billion-generative-ai-spend-mit-report-finds/

Wow. Great find, thanks for sharing!

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