▲ 34 ▼ Reddit will now use an AI model to fight harassment (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 2 years ago by ardi60@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.ml 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 40 points 2 years ago (1 child) There were such attempts in the past... The false positive rates were around 30-80%... permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Matomo@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (3 children) To be fair towards Reddit here, AI now is vastly different and more capable for this kind of stuff than it was years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's also less capable than human moderators so... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Matomo@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree. What's your point? I'm not defending the choice to use AI for that purpose. I'm saying AI from years ago can't be compared to the current AI permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) That this isn't going to work and will probably make things worse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago Thats capitalism and reddit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago Also to be fair to this idea, the quality of human moderators on Reddit is drastically worse than it was several years ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) When it comes to moderation, I don't really think so tbh. And it's unfair to use it anyways so it doesn't matter permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Matomo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree it's not fair, unless there's some human element to it that checks and corrects the AI's choices. That said, modern AI is pretty capable of recognising something like harassment, I'd say. Just to be clear, I'm not defending Reddit for choosing AI over human moderation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago Afaik AI algorithms are already widely used to find and flag violations but human element is still needed in order to make a decision. Fully automated systems should never be there in my opinion permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why's it unfair? They were never going to pay people anyways. I agree its the wrong decision but unfair is an interesting word to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I meant that it's unfair to Reddit users because they can get banned for no reason. But I guess there's a better word for it. My vocabulary is at like 2nd grade level lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh gotcha. That makes sense, I thought you were talking about the mods permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago No I was talking about the AI banning people automatically permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Matomo@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (3 children) To be fair towards Reddit here, AI now is vastly different and more capable for this kind of stuff than it was years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's also less capable than human moderators so... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Matomo@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree. What's your point? I'm not defending the choice to use AI for that purpose. I'm saying AI from years ago can't be compared to the current AI permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) That this isn't going to work and will probably make things worse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago Thats capitalism and reddit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago Also to be fair to this idea, the quality of human moderators on Reddit is drastically worse than it was several years ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) When it comes to moderation, I don't really think so tbh. And it's unfair to use it anyways so it doesn't matter permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Matomo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree it's not fair, unless there's some human element to it that checks and corrects the AI's choices. That said, modern AI is pretty capable of recognising something like harassment, I'd say. Just to be clear, I'm not defending Reddit for choosing AI over human moderation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago Afaik AI algorithms are already widely used to find and flag violations but human element is still needed in order to make a decision. Fully automated systems should never be there in my opinion permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why's it unfair? They were never going to pay people anyways. I agree its the wrong decision but unfair is an interesting word to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I meant that it's unfair to Reddit users because they can get banned for no reason. But I guess there's a better word for it. My vocabulary is at like 2nd grade level lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh gotcha. That makes sense, I thought you were talking about the mods permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago No I was talking about the AI banning people automatically permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's also less capable than human moderators so... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Matomo@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree. What's your point? I'm not defending the choice to use AI for that purpose. I'm saying AI from years ago can't be compared to the current AI permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) That this isn't going to work and will probably make things worse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago Thats capitalism and reddit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Matomo@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree. What's your point? I'm not defending the choice to use AI for that purpose. I'm saying AI from years ago can't be compared to the current AI permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) That this isn't going to work and will probably make things worse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago Thats capitalism and reddit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) That this isn't going to work and will probably make things worse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago Thats capitalism and reddit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago Thats capitalism and reddit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago Also to be fair to this idea, the quality of human moderators on Reddit is drastically worse than it was several years ago. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) When it comes to moderation, I don't really think so tbh. And it's unfair to use it anyways so it doesn't matter permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Matomo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree it's not fair, unless there's some human element to it that checks and corrects the AI's choices. That said, modern AI is pretty capable of recognising something like harassment, I'd say. Just to be clear, I'm not defending Reddit for choosing AI over human moderation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago Afaik AI algorithms are already widely used to find and flag violations but human element is still needed in order to make a decision. Fully automated systems should never be there in my opinion permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why's it unfair? They were never going to pay people anyways. I agree its the wrong decision but unfair is an interesting word to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I meant that it's unfair to Reddit users because they can get banned for no reason. But I guess there's a better word for it. My vocabulary is at like 2nd grade level lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh gotcha. That makes sense, I thought you were talking about the mods permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago No I was talking about the AI banning people automatically permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Matomo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree it's not fair, unless there's some human element to it that checks and corrects the AI's choices. That said, modern AI is pretty capable of recognising something like harassment, I'd say. Just to be clear, I'm not defending Reddit for choosing AI over human moderation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago Afaik AI algorithms are already widely used to find and flag violations but human element is still needed in order to make a decision. Fully automated systems should never be there in my opinion permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago Afaik AI algorithms are already widely used to find and flag violations but human element is still needed in order to make a decision. Fully automated systems should never be there in my opinion permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why's it unfair? They were never going to pay people anyways. I agree its the wrong decision but unfair is an interesting word to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I meant that it's unfair to Reddit users because they can get banned for no reason. But I guess there's a better word for it. My vocabulary is at like 2nd grade level lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh gotcha. That makes sense, I thought you were talking about the mods permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago No I was talking about the AI banning people automatically permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I meant that it's unfair to Reddit users because they can get banned for no reason. But I guess there's a better word for it. My vocabulary is at like 2nd grade level lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh gotcha. That makes sense, I thought you were talking about the mods permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago No I was talking about the AI banning people automatically permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh gotcha. That makes sense, I thought you were talking about the mods permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago No I was talking about the AI banning people automatically permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago No I was talking about the AI banning people automatically permalink fedilink source parent