anyone else feel like half the people arguing with you online aren't real anymore?

https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/stupidpol/comments/1slbtwu/anyone_else_feel_like_half_the_people_arguing/

been on this sub for years and the last 12 months feel off. You get into a political discussion, someone replies with a perfectly formatted wall of text, and it just doesnt feel human. No typos, no weird logic leaps, no nothing. Just smooth, empty arguments.isaw that study where researchers flooded reddit with AI comments and they were more persuasive than actual people. Thats terrifying not because AI is smart but because it means we cant trust the conversation anymore. How do we know we arent just shouting into a void of bots designed to shift opinions?The whole dead internet thing used to be a meme. Now it feels real no?

i know people freak out about verification. The idea of scanning your face or linking ID to post is dystopian as hell. And honestly the concerns about surveillance are 100% valid. Nobody wants Reddit to turn into a passport checkpoint.But at the same time whats the alternative? Just let the bots run everything? reddit CEO was talking about this recently saying they want to know you are a person without knowing your name.

Im not here to sell you on any solution.trying to figure out if anyone else feels this. Are we okay with the platform becoming mostly AI? Or is there a way to prove youre human that doesnt turn into a total surveillance state?

Zoomers are starting to imitate the AI slop style, which was in part trained on their tendencies already. It's why they all write in this particular style:

Adding a declarative one-sentence paragraph.

Then a question?

Followed by another declaration.

Then a little two-to-three paragraph 'rant' where they talk about how toxicity was normalized until they realized their need for self care. Let's add one more sentence. Then another.

And finally, another declarative sentence.

The Pederasty Demon communicated this style to NAMBLA member and advocate, Allen Ginsberg, in the 1950's. That same demon now possesses Tiktok and GPT.