r/technology • u/marketrent • Mar 08 '25

Social Media Reddit’s automatic moderation tool is flagging the word ‘Luigi’ as potentially violent — even in a Nintendo context

https://www.theverge.com/news/626139/reddit-luigi-mangione-automod-tool
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u/Penis_Wart Mar 08 '25

Don't get your hopes up.

Plans for Digg’s relaunch stem from Rose and Mezzell testing various AI tools, which led to wondering if AI could help curate quality content and online communities. What if they could use AI to solve some of the biggest issues that have plagued Digg, and the internet at large, since the early days?

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u/dumpsterac1d Mar 08 '25

Fucking ai slop. Quite literally the internet got immensely worse since chatGPT was first demo'd. The solution is quite the opposite, and these nerds just want a cash cow

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u/Upbeat_Criticism_814 Mar 08 '25

The nerds don't want money they just want to get laid*

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u/VoxImperatoris 29d ago

Money is how they get laid.