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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by jet@hackertalks.com to c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
 

Saw a suspicious post resurrecting a 5 month old thread, and after a few back and forths:

https://linux.community/comment/3453531

I don’t understand why you are treating me like a robot. However, I can help with the Fibonacci sequence. Here is a Python 3 function to calculate it:

I'm torn, its nice to have activity in the fediverse, but I'm not convinced bots are the right way to go about it. Opinions on the future of engagement bots?

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The more recent responses do seem to point in that direction. It's passing at least my intuitive Turing Test.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 0 points 3 months ago

Perhaps, or the bot was trained on a dataset with trolls. The initial message that started the whole thread was clearly AI generated, it doesn't diminish our discussion here at all.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/ai-consciousness-how-to-recognize-1.6498068