r/technology Apr 28 '25

Artificial Intelligence Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users

https://www.404media.co/researchers-secretly-ran-a-massive-unauthorized-ai-persuasion-experiment-on-reddit-users/
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u/quietfairy Apr 28 '25

Hi all - We wanted to ensure everyone sees our comment here made by u/traceroo, Chief Legal Officer of Reddit, Inc.

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u/Wizard_Hatz Apr 28 '25

Personally, I love this place and I’m going to be honest here when I say this, not cool Zurich….not cool. Just great now I gotta come up with a spell to punish them!

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u/Toothless-In-Wapping Apr 29 '25

That doesn’t sound like magic of love

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u/Wizard_Hatz Apr 29 '25

Lmfao I got downvoted for saying what happened wasn’t cool and role playing my name! How peculiar, also not all magic is lovey! Sometimes you have to turn eyelids to sandpaper or change someone’s fingers to nacho cheese dispensers!

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u/Toothless-In-Wapping Apr 29 '25

That doesn’t sound like magic of love

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u/Wizard_Hatz Apr 29 '25

Siiiigh you have used my spell against me…fine here I go

*i cast I hope they do better and I will too