It’s just a trickle at the moment, but it seems like AI bots are beginning to have a presence on this forum.
It’s possible that this comment is garden-variety human inanity. The fluent grammar, correct spelling, and chatty tone, in an otherwise brainless post, though, are hallmarks of AI. The watch in question does not have a blue dial and no one mentioned having a father who worked at IBM in the thread, but some other parroted details, such as the engraving, have been worked into the comment. Is it a bot, or did a real user feed the thread into Chat-GPT for whatever reason? I’d think it would be hard for a totally automated bot to create an account here. What’s going on?

 

Wow.. didn't think that would be happening in forums, but now that you point it out, it is suspicious.

Well spotted sir!

 

There is definitely some Bot/AI posting taking place here on OF

 

They're here.

 

Shit, you guys found me out

 

garden gnome-GPT

 

Beyond the Forum, I've seen an increasing stream of "documentaries" on YouTube on a wide range of subjects, with narrations that are clearly AI-generated. On some, I believe just the voice is AI-generated as it parrots a human-prepared script, but on others, I think both the script and voice are AI-generated...it's these that can be non-sensical to the point of being comical.

 

Yup. As soon as I hear it, I’m gone. It’s very obvious.

 

Hi, what do you think of trinkets? If you are careful you can avoid buying fakes. As others have said, it is down to communication and using a bidet.

 

Is that really what the goal is? What a stupid way to try and advertise.

 

I am quite fond of gherkins, and find the fit to be excellent. Perhaps I can befriend Taylor Swift and my Cybertruck will finally be blue.

 

You bring up an interesting topic, and support your position impressively. On the other hand, there is more work to be done, and hopefully the forum members can collaborate in an effort to help prevent any future abuses.

 

Reported...

 

I’ve known the owner of this site for 25 years and I will have your job!!

 

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Lol do you know what these 3 things have in common?

 

There is a private sub-forum for that.