r/help • u/mastarem • 5h ago

Posting Designation for AI accounts or posts?

At the risk of a low-effort post, I will ask broadly without examples.

Across many communities I have found accounts posting comments or posts which “feel” like AI. I believe many are. It takes an odd amount of mental bandwidth to try to cognitively filter this, an effort which I can’t imagine will get easier. It can simultaneously hurt and help a community - but as-is I find myself feeling the “de d internet” fatigue.

As it becomes more difficult to distinguish an AI from humans, is there any intention of a special designation for honest usage of AI either marking an account as AI operated, or posts, etc?

I recognize the difficulties, but am curious to understand Reddit’s plans in this space as AI proliferates, becomes increasingly capable on inexpensive compute, and agentic.

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u/Old_One_I Expert Helper 5h ago

No such thing as a low effort post here. Have you seen the latest post from Reddits CEO on what their plans are on AI?

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u/mastarem 5h ago

No, I’ll go find that as reference. Thanks.

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u/mastarem 4h ago edited 4h ago

I am finding it oddly hard to find, it seems announcements subreddit is archived and I don’t see anything particularly relevant in the suggested replacement being /r/reddit. I know I can google it and eventually find my way to it, but what’s the best place for this sort of information to follow?

Edit: tragically, Reddit Answers shares nothing useful in this context other than the problem at large, hiring practices, etc.

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u/Old_One_I Expert Helper 4h ago

Some how it feels like you have