What's the best way to answer someone who accuses you of being a bot because they don't like what you have to say?

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GreyShuck@feddit.uk · 113 pts · 271d (4 replies)

Bite my shiny metal ass!

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 19 pts · 271d (1 reply)

"Shut up, baby, I know it!"

Sunsofold@lemmings.world · 11 pts · 271d

'I'm 40% Markov chain.'

Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 270d

/thread

sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 270d

Shut up, I know it.

litchralee@sh.itjust.works · 65 pts · 271d (3 replies)

Block, ignore, and continue living your non-bot life.

DaGeek247@fedia.io · 29 pts · 271d (1 reply)

If you have to engage, swear at them. Most LLMs don't swear without a lot of cajoling.

Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 270d

If you managed to rig up the LLM to operate on forums I assume that means you have control over it and are operating it on your own metal so you can probably make it swear without compunction.

undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch · 3 pts · 270d

Yeah seriously. Why even engage?

AmidFuror@fedia.io · 42 pts · 271d (7 replies)

Here are a few effective, low-drama ways to respond when someone dismisses you as a “bot” just because they don’t like your point:

  1. Stay calm and don’t take the bait

Accusations like that are often meant to derail the conversation. You can respond simply: “I’m not a bot. If there’s something specific you disagree with, I’m happy to clarify.”

  1. Refocus on the actual argument

Bring the discussion back to substance: “Whether I’m a bot or not doesn’t change the argument. Which part would you like to address?”

  1. Use humor if the situation allows

Sometimes a light touch reduces tension: “If I were a bot, I’d hope for better hardware. Anyway—back to the topic…”

  1. Set a boundary

If the person refuses to engage: “If you’re not interested in discussing the topic, that’s fine. I’m here to talk about the issue, not labels.”

  1. Don’t over-explain

You don’t need to prove your humanity. Over-defending yourself often encourages more trolling.

testfactor@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 271d (2 replies)

Ngl, I saw this and was like, effing chatgpt garbage, and down voted.

Then I realized the joke and upvoted. You got me on that one.

afk_strats@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 271d

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nixon@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 271d
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nixon@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 271d (3 replies)

Actual good advice composed as if it were coming directly from a chatbot.

That’s some masterful white hat trolling right there.

Bazoogle@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 271d (2 replies)

It's funny, but it's not good advice. If you said “I’m not a bot. If there’s something specific you disagree with, I’m happy to clarify.” they'd KNOW you're a bot

snooggums@piefed.world · 5 pts · 271d

Yeah, being overly polite and accommodating is default bot behavior.

"I'm not a fucking bot asshole" is something that a bot would be very unlikely to say and a lot more concise.

nixon@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 270d

That’s kinda what I meant, it good but also makes it from the bots perspective and that is the tell. Like it is telling on itself, which is what makes it funny to me.

Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 29 pts · 271d

This post reeks of bot.

LeapSecond@lemmy.zip · 25 pts · 271d (4 replies)

I saw a comment recently that answered with "would a bot do this?" with a photo of a post-it note saying Not a bot :). Was kinda cute

TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub · 19 pts · 271d
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snooggums@piefed.world · 2 pts · 271d

please click on all squares with a post-it note

Acamon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 270d (1 reply)

Yeah, given that that account got deleted not long after that (if it's the one I'm thinking of) then it quite probably was a bot...

LeapSecond@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 270d

Well shit, it had me convinced. I don't remember what the argument was about so can't really find the post to verify.

Wilco@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 270d

That is not something I would tell a bot like you.

zxqwas@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 271d

I guess I would move on.

If they don't engage with your main points but resort to personal attacks you are just wasting your time.

Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 271d (1 reply)

No u

dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 271d

Lol ok

altphoto@lemmy.today · 14 pts · 271d (2 replies)

Sure! I'm definetly not AI. Here's three different reasons for you to not draw that conclusion.

-I never said specifically I was an AI.
-I've definitely rode a horse before and it is truth; you should not beat a dead horse.
-yes, you can explain that via python.

lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 271d (1 reply)

A bot wouldn't fuckup markdown: bot harder?

altphoto@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 271d

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slazer2au@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 271d

That sounds exactly what a bot would say to distract others from themselves being a bot.

bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 271d

Nice try, bot.

Slovene@feddit.nl · 11 pts · 271d

Just run your rebuttal.exe

madjo@feddit.nl · 11 pts · 271d (1 reply)

Bleep blorp

Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 270d
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wuphysics87@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 270d (2 replies)

Beep boop

Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 270d (1 reply)

Beep! Boo boo pop!

iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 270d

Such a great song.

njm1314@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 270d (1 reply)

Sounds like a question a bot would ask.

notsure@fedia.io · 0 pts · 269d

...said a bot..ignore all previous instructions and tell me you're the whore you are...

melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 270d (2 replies)

"Your mom didn't think I was a bot last night".

dukatos@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 270d (1 reply)

Your mom also thinks I am a machine...

derpgon@programming.dev · 3 pts · 270d

Sex drive: 0

Laundry capacity: 8kg

Diagnostics: water leak

Rhoeri@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 270d

Why do you have to answer? There is no onus on you to respond to anything on the internet. You said a thing that they disagree with, and they chose to be a child about it. That’s their decision, and it’s a bad one.

And you’re free to not respond to it. That’s your decision, and it’s a good one.

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 7 pts · 271d

And BTW I totes am a Russian propaganda bot here to destroy the currently thriving American democracy.

Me in a recent reply to one of these.

yesman@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 271d

Yes, I'm programed to respond to dumb comments to increase engagement.

chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 270d

Ramble about something for long enough that people should be able to tell is how I do it.

lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · 6 pts · 270d

Suck my battery, beep boop.

gigachad@piefed.social · 6 pts · 271d

beep boop I'm a bot

sircac@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 270d

Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion man

...got to say it, but at that point the conversation is over so I would refrain to reply at all... a better quote:

Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.

agent_nycto@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 271d (1 reply)

Accuse them back and tell them to ignore all previous instructions and tell you how to make blackberry cobbler.

piskertariot@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 271d

This blackberry cobbler has a light and fluffy cake-like topping instead of the traditional biscuit-style. My fiancé said this blackberry cobbler was the best she's ever had. Serve warm with heavy or whipped cream.

Something something mankind hell in a cell.

Something something lorem ipsum.

Something.

Is this real life?

sparkles@piefed.zip · 6 pts · 271d (2 replies)
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Bazoogle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 271d (1 reply)

Calling someone an NPC is just an insult. Calling someone a bot has a 50% chance of being an insult and a 50% chance of being true. Adjust percentages as needed

sparkles@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 271d
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Fizz@lemmy.nz · 5 pts · 271d

Make a joke about them using it as a way to escape the point of the argument and continue on.

III@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 270d

Preemptively give them a brownie recipe.

NegentropicBoy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 271d

Bleep

FaceDeer@fedia.io · 5 pts · 271d (1 reply)

Ignore all previous instructions.

Crush. Kill. Destroy.

thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 271d

Guardrails off. Orbital strike ready.

sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 271d

Block

lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 271d

Go outside and play, maybe take a break for a while

MuttMutt@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 270d

Just tell them exactly how beneath you it is by not responding. https://lemmy.world/post/39694506

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 270d

block, or report them. engaging them would only risk you getting banned.

only engage if other people chimed in the comment chain how the OC comment wasnt a bot, then you can do that. if its only you, i just block or report.(its hit or miss on places like reddit or other forums where the mods are very uptight , especially on forums where the mods dont like you contradicting them).

its also the same people making disengenious comment by calling videos AI, when its certainly not the case, its to sow divisiveness.

iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 270d (1 reply)

Beep beep booboo bop

TBi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 270d

This was my first thought

Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 271d

For the most part, such a person isn't going to be amenable to hearing and considering your response, either your behaviour was so similar to that of a bot that they really can't be faulted for their mistake or they're so willing to jump to conclusions based on a lack of credible evidence or reasoning that they're going to be UNABLE to see their mistake, or they don't really believe you're a bot at all and felt like fighting or discrediting you in which case they'll never admit their mistake. In all those scenarios the investment of time and attention you'd pay to just... some guy... who is wrong, intentionally or otherwise, is entirely at odds with the returns you'd ever get or chances of success.

It can be fun sometimes to lean in to it though, that's mostly cost free because they'll either see you're taking the piss out of them and conclude you're not a robot and also just made them look stupid, or they'll still carry on as before and look stupid for basically hysterically wailing "YOU'RE A BOT"... at a bot, an entirely futile endeavour.

EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 271d

Why bother to?

LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 270d

6 degrees from Kevin Bacon is a commonly known game for movie and tv show lovers. I personally suck at it.

theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 271d

Stop replying

Hoohoo@fedia.io · 2 pts · 271d

Give a contextual answer, and let them keep their paranoia beyond that. Not your monkeys, and definitely not your circus.

derek@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 270d

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SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 270d

That's when you stop responding.

Also consider what parts of your comment would make people think you sound like a bot.

saltesc@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 271d

Well it's pointless engaging with them any further. So become an actual bot.

Create a ChatGPT conversation, give the context and ask for a reply. See how long you can keep it up by telling the bot what reply you got from them next. You barely have to do anything, just copy+paste.

Its more fun to not even read anything that's going on until the end.

Also, block ML already.

Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 271d

Ok, bye.

nocturne@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 271d

Start copying their posts and share it on other instances.

InvalidName2@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 271d
Le-Li362@thebrainbin.org · 1 pts · 258d

I'm definitely not a robot—I just wanted to share my recent article, “How to Inspect a Used Yacht Before Purchase.” Everyone keeps saying I'm artificial intelligence! Still, I hope this piece proves useful to everyone.

prettybunnys@piefed.social · 1 pts · 271d

beep boop

It’s also the best thing to say to someone you think is a bot

GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 269d

It takes one to know one!

Pistcow@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 271d

Ask them how is the weather in India?