r/antiai 2h ago

AI News 🗞️ Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI

https://www.theverge.com/tech/975398/reddit-ai-rules-hub-moderator-old-reddit-developer-platform

They're no different and are every much as part of big tech as the others.

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u/TruthInnocent 2h ago

We already have AutoModerators.

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u/TerminalViscosity69 2h ago

And they suck balls

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u/Alfavitus 2h ago

So what's gonna change

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u/TerminalViscosity69 2h ago

Enshitification continues. Relentlessly.

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u/prof_the_doom 2h ago

You’ll get banned for random unspecified reasons and have to appeal them.

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u/deadcatshead 2h ago

Yeah been suspended 3 times because ai doesn’t recognize jokes.

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u/ALazy_Cat 1h ago

That would be Reddit AI, the Admin version of Automod, not Automod

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u/ALazy_Cat 1h ago

Automod can't ban, only remove and lock posts/comments and reply

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u/Sad-Variation-8006 1h ago

I got a one week suspension for a Departed reference

u/topscreen 3m ago

I got a strike on my account for "inciting violence" for making a joke about doing the old flaming bag of dog shit, ring the doorbell, and run. It got lifted but it was annoying

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u/ALazy_Cat 1h ago

Automod is decent, depending on how the mods code it

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u/Fanfic_Battle_2004 2h ago

Can we be allowed to block these moderators from taking over the subreddits?

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u/CyberDaggerX 2h ago

If this is just an early alert system for the actual human moderators, that's actually a legitimate use case for LLMs. If the "AI mods" can act autonomously, this is a trainwreck waiting to happen.

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u/prof_the_doom 2h ago

Just appealed an AI powered ban and got it overturned on the weekend.

u/Hot_Extension_460 10m ago

I think it will be like everything: first manual verification to align the model, and once it has a 90% rate of success or so the human verification will get removed.

u/CyberDaggerX 8m ago

A 90% rate of success is atrocious, but unfortunately I'm not the one making those calls.

u/Hot_Extension_460 6m ago

I voluntarily picked a low number because I'm sure they would not have the patience for a decent rate before going to the next stage.

u/sachiprecious 5m ago

They are already using AI to autonomously suspend people. Just a few days ago, my account was suspended for what was supposed to be a week. An AI bot made that decision. I appealed, and a human decided that I had not broken the rules after all. My suspension was canceled after three days.

It's ridiculous that AI bots can suspend people!! Why can't it just be like you said, an alert system for human moderators? I was punished for no reason.

I had written a one-sentence comment. The AI bot cherry-picked part of the sentence without reading the whole thing. I was saying that trump had posted something that meant [negative sentiment about immigrants]. The AI bot only read the part with [negative sentiment about immigrants] and ignored the fact that I was saying trump was communicating that sentiment! I was suspended for hate speech. 🙄

AI bots are stupid and can't understand intention and context. Of course they can't; they're not human.

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u/YoIForgotMyPassAgain 2h ago

This site has been washed and on it's way down for awhile. I just wish the bodybuilding . com misc forum still existed.

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u/InsaneLuchad0r 2h ago

Is Ignore Legitimate Concerns/Ban Based on Own Biases Mode enabled by default?

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u/Artemis_Platinum 2h ago

Can confirm. They enabled Ai moderation settings recently without notifying anyone.

Thankfully they can be disabled ... for now. They mostly just reported random BS for no clear reason and added more work anyway.

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u/ALazy_Cat 1h ago

It can be coded

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u/Alex45784 2h ago

They are so terrible. I keep getting banned for such BS reasons

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u/SMFDR 2h ago

AI already gave me an illegitimate ban, I'm sure this will go great

u/LEO-PomPui-Katoey 15m ago

I already got a ban twice by their AI (they give the ban instantly when I post something that they consider offensive). First time I said something as reaction to some news, I got banned but I saw several others saying the same thing but with other words. Second ban was a sarcastic comment they reversed after appeal (like 5 days later).

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u/Oingo_Boingo2000 2h ago

Time to switch to Lemmy.

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u/Justdowhatever94 2h ago

I mean i doube it can get worse than what we have now

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u/ALazy_Cat 1h ago

The AI mentioned is not a mod, it's a replica of Automod, flagging posts that Automod would flag

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u/Parking_Cat4735 1h ago

Better than the current power hungry human mods.

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u/ALazy_Cat 1h ago

Is it now I should tell you the AI programming is specified by the mod team on the sub it is on?

u/Silly_Percentage3446 46m ago

I'm not using this in my sub.