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[Update: bot deleted]: Should I allow the AI art bot to reply to mentions in threads other than the AI art community? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml to c/lemmygrad_court@lemmygrad.ml
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Update: Most people in the replies seem against the idea. On second thought, I realized I don't want to contribute to the proliferation of machine generated garbage. To that end, I have deleted the bot and the AI "art" community. I have also removed the repo for the bot from github.

original postThe better part of a year ago, I made a bot that generates images based on comments it's mentioned in. Usage of it quickly got out of hand because some people (mostly me) were overusing it. The fix made for this at the time was making a community (!aiart@lemmygrad.ml) specifically for AI image generation with a designated thread for generating images. However, it seems that since then the bot has barely been used. This makes me think that the measures described above are no longer necessary. I propose letting the bot respond to mentions again.

To clarify what this would mean:

  • The bot would only respond to mentions (e.g. @ArtBot@lemmygrad.ml). This would mean it will only respond when a user wants it to instead of automatically spamming.
  • It would only respond to mentions in comments, not posts
  • Generated images will be tucked away in a spoiler, preventing the responses from being annoyingly large.

This would hopefully allow me to use the bot for what I originally envisioned -- a quick way of generating low effort shitposts topical to the comment thread it's mentioned in.

If what I've said above doesn't seem enough to prevent it from being annoying, I could add other constraints such as limits per user within a time frame or limits per post.

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[-] bubbalu@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago

Not a lemmygrad user, but I am against this. Shitposting is already low-effort enough as is, and it is not worth normalizing bot art to make it even lower-effort.

[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 8 months ago

I would say no. I don't want to see the art bot unless I choose to see it. It might get more use if it is able to be called upon anywhere, but it would lower the general quality of discussion. I don't want to click on a thread with a dozen replies only to see people just calling the art bot instead of engaging directly with the original post.

[-] funky_tomatoe@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 8 months ago

I think it's a cool idea

[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 8 months ago

I am down for trying it this way. If it becomes a problem we can revert back to the old ruleset.

[-] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 8 months ago

I'm down, I think it's a cool bot

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