The avatar, created to deter young people from extremism, has been subverted and is breaking out of niche online silos
Her name is Amelia, a purple-haired “goth girl” who proudly carries a mini union flag and appears to have a penchant for racism.
If you are unfamiliar with Amelia, the chances are you will soon encounter one viral meme or another inspired by her on Facebook or X, where her reputation is growing.
Videos of Amelia typically feature her walking through London, or the House of Commons, declaring her love for England and warning of the dangers of “militant Muslims” or “third-world migrants”. In one clip she is harangued by bearded man in Islamic attire for eating a pork sausage.
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thecaptaintrout@lemmy.zip · 115 pts · 217d
Sigh. I hate this timeline.
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 86 pts · 217d
For a group of people who hate trans women for not being "real women," they sure seem OK with bajillions of 1s and 0s identifying as a woman.
Stern@lemmy.world · 63 pts · 217d
They want a blowup doll who will do the dishes and won't backtalk. Once we can load AI into RealDoll's these guys will basically cease to exist in a generation.
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 217d
This is the great reset our planet needs.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social · 5 pts · 216d
Yep, we are past peak humanity.
jacksilver@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 216d
Just for context, she's actually from a video game the UK government funded about political idealogy - https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/amelia-pathways
It seems like it's just become a bit of a meme/rallying point for some people in the UK.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 74 pts · 217d
TheMinister@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 216d
They generated an underage girl who resembles the women they claim to loathe so they can control the object of their actual desire which is young girls.
meco03211@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 217d
They hate that girl because they know she's out of their league. So they preemptively hate her to avoid the embarrassment of rejection. This gives them cover to constantly stalk her and talk about her without revealing they secretly want her.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 216d
It's telling that they generated an AI schoolgirl to lure right-wingers further towards extremism...
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 216d
typical right-wing mindset is pretty simple. is she hot? if yes, she gets a lot of views, no matter what her hair color is.
Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip · 35 pts · 216d
Can't even find real women to spread their hate. Anyone who spreads this shit is too ugly inside and out, so they need this paranoid android.
jacksilver@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 216d
She's actually from a video game the UK government made (pretty sure it was made by the government). In it your not supposed to agree with Amelias political views, but obviously that's not really a good way to convince people.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/amelia-pathways
Taleya@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 216d
Anyone who's surprised she was absolute far right catnip is naive as hell. They all want the hot lefty over conservative women. They just...want specific parts of her.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 216d
No shit. Also, who could possibly have seen the UK government trying to appeal to the youth backfiring?
linule@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 217d
Oh no what are we going to do.. a far right AI-avatar! People know that you can create 10000+ left, center, etc. AI-avatars, as well as fact checking AI-avatars debunking what this one says, right?
FireRetardant@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 217d
No way am I trusting an AI fact checker
linule@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 217d
That would be for people that are trusting the original AI.
It could, among other things, link to sources.
It doesn’t even have to be accurate. It suffices if it makes clear that there are different perspectives, or that you simply can’t trust anything. People exhausted by contradicting slop is a better outcome than allowing only one type of slop to take over.
porcoesphino@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 217d
A lot of genAI now links to sources, that are frequently wrong, and I haven't noticed that changing fanboys obnoxious praising them
orclev@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 217d
You're suggesting the solution to AI slop spewing racism is more AI slop somehow "debunking" racism? How would that work exactly? This sounds like a propaganda wet dream.
You should look up how Russian style propaganda works. It isn't by lying convincingly but rather by flooding all channels with so much noise that it requires major effort to determine what's true and what isn't. When you're drowning in bullshit most people will give up and just decide to believe whatever agrees with their personal opinions rather than whatever the reality is and it's a lot easier to manipulate vibes than it is reality.
linule@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 217d
I think that flooding the zone with alternative slop would have a neutralizing effect. At the end everyone gets exhausted, which is a better outcome than allowing right wing slop to spread completely unhindered. Of course people will then start protecting their spaces, moderating the slop they don’t like, but you‘d at least have neutralized the public spaces, which would be a win.
orclev@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 217d
What you're describing is literally the KGBs playbook and no it doesn't work in anyone's favor but the ones spreading propaganda. All you'll end up with is an even less informed and apathetic populace and we're already struggling with that problem. That works in favor of dictators and fascists. Democracies on the other hand require an informed and engaged populace in order to function.
robinhoode@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 217d
I think the final form of this conflict is dead internet theory territory.
It’s another scenario that is hard to predict the end game because AI at this scale has not been seen before.
linule@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 217d
That’s what „flood the zone“ ultimately means. It’s effectively no different than the other solution usually proposed, which is banning social media. Except than bans can be avoided, people will seek to challenge them, etc.
linule@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 217d
What if you don’t use it as only measure? You launch 2 things in parallel: 1. neutralization: flood the zone, exhaust everyone, 2. provide a solution: sane channels that make clear how thinking, fact checking and honest dialogue are the only way out.
otter@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 217d
The problem is that the algorithms optimize for this kind of content. The people seeing this LLM avatar wouldn't start seeing the "good" LLM avatars. Instead, content in the "good" spaces will become watered down with low quality/ rage-bait-y slop
linule@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 217d
It depends on how you present it. It doesn’t have to be „boring good“. And even then you can still work e.g. on the comment area (reactive, not original content).
Widdershins@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 217d
Bold of them to assume me, the reader, visits either of those sites.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 217d
No I won't, thank you.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 216d
I can't stand that weird pitch AI voices generate
Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 217d
Holy shit! I about cringed out of my own skin. What kind of uber loser gets off to this slop? Man, some men really are the most pathetic mouth breathers to ever exist. I almost feel bad for them. Thank fuck I'm nothing like them.
Sharkticon@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 216d
Did it backfire or was this the goal?
zecg@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 217d
The very thing racist memes need to stay alive is literally articles like this, great job Guardian
hateisreality@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 217d
Never trust purple hair
tatann@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 216d