Agreed, this has been happening since long before LLMs existed.
I did a quick search for the affiliate tag noted in the blog post, and found another Redditor complaining about that same affiliate tag, but from three other accounts[0].
My fascination is that, with LLMs, the line between obvious bot regurgitation and seemingly human posts is now much thinner.
The fact that the Reddit post was an affiliate link for Edward Bernays' Propaganda is just the cherry on top, in this case it's like selling ice to eskimos.
I did a quick search for the affiliate tag noted in the blog post, and found another Redditor complaining about that same affiliate tag, but from three other accounts[0].
My fascination is that, with LLMs, the line between obvious bot regurgitation and seemingly human posts is now much thinner.
The fact that the Reddit post was an affiliate link for Edward Bernays' Propaganda is just the cherry on top, in this case it's like selling ice to eskimos.
[0]https://www.reddit.com/r/TheseFuckingAccounts/comments/1giyl...