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- Be civil
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A couple of years ago, before the AI boom, a guy on Reddit was absolutely convinced (to the point that he started Reddit stalking me over it) that I was a rogue AI. At one point, I even took a photo of myself (censoring my face obviously) holding up a napkin with his username written on it in sharpie. He said it was photoshopped.
My point is that once you make this sort of accusation about someone, the conversation is basically over. They’ll never convince you that you’re wrong and there’s no point in talking to them if you’re right.
That still kinda proves human interaction, wouldn’t it?
You’ve already surpassed the level of logic displayed by the guy Squid was talking about. lol
Sounds like the sort of thing an bot would say to throw us off its tracks. ಠಿ_ಠ
/s
You should have added extra fingers to the picture
This was a good 2 years before AI images or LLMs being a thing.
Yep, I’ve gone extreme lengths and they always move the goalposts. At some point you just learn to block the weirdos who think “If they disagree, they are a robot!”
Non-engagement is the only rational response to 90% of the Internet.