• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Multiple times on Reddit and Lemmy, people have accused me of being an AI. I just don’t get it. Is it because I have good grammar, spelling and punctuation skills?

    One guy was so convinced that even when I took a photo of myself (partial face blacked out) holding up a napkin with both of our usernames on it- I was bored- he said it was photoshopped.

    You can’t convince crazy people, and someone who thinks they’re having a legitimate conversation like this with an AI is crazy.

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      8 months ago

      I think the person who thought I was an AI explained it quite well. Thet said they just got jaded. However, they believed me when I told who I was and apologised. I appreciate it when people are able to revise their idea and it shows they did not have bad intentions.

      I would not say people are crazy, there is a lot of manipulation going on on the internet by businesses and some governments. I think a lot of people fall for bots all the time. For example, Twitter and Reddit is full of them. So, I do not think it is that weird that people sometimes are not sure whether they are talking to AI.

      What happened to you when you even showed pictures of yourself and they still were convinced you were AI is quite extreme. I hope that that does not happen too often, because that seems like the other person is either a troll or paranoid.