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No Stupid Questions

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[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 106 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Shut up, baby, I know it!"

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 10 points 1 day ago

'I'm 40% Markov chain.'

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[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 62 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Block, ignore, and continue living your non-bot life.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 28 points 1 day ago

If you have to engage, swear at them. Most LLMs don't swear without a lot of cajoling.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah seriously. Why even engage?

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Here are a few effective, low-drama ways to respond when someone dismisses you as a “bot” just because they don’t like your point:

  1. Stay calm and don’t take the bait

Accusations like that are often meant to derail the conversation. You can respond simply: “I’m not a bot. If there’s something specific you disagree with, I’m happy to clarify.”

  1. Refocus on the actual argument

Bring the discussion back to substance: “Whether I’m a bot or not doesn’t change the argument. Which part would you like to address?”

  1. Use humor if the situation allows

Sometimes a light touch reduces tension: “If I were a bot, I’d hope for better hardware. Anyway—back to the topic…”

  1. Set a boundary

If the person refuses to engage: “If you’re not interested in discussing the topic, that’s fine. I’m here to talk about the issue, not labels.”

  1. Don’t over-explain

You don’t need to prove your humanity. Over-defending yourself often encourages more trolling.

[–] testfactor@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ngl, I saw this and was like, effing chatgpt garbage, and down voted.

Then I realized the joke and upvoted. You got me on that one.

[–] afk_strats@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

🌟✨ Absolutely! 🌈 I'm so thrilled you found that answer 🌼 amazing! It’s wonderful to see you move beyond your initial reaction 🚀 and really embrace the humor in it! 😂💖 Keep shining bright! 🌟🌻

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[–] nixon@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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Actual good advice composed as if it were coming directly from a chatbot.

That’s some masterful white hat trolling right there.

[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's funny, but it's not good advice. If you said “I’m not a bot. If there’s something specific you disagree with, I’m happy to clarify.” they'd KNOW you're a bot

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah, being overly polite and accommodating is default bot behavior.

"I'm not a fucking bot asshole" is something that a bot would be very unlikely to say and a lot more concise.

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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 day ago

This post reeks of bot.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 day ago

That is not something I would tell a bot like you.

[–] LeapSecond@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I saw a comment recently that answered with "would a bot do this?" with a photo of a post-it note saying Not a bot :). Was kinda cute

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
TAKING NOTE ABOUT THIS PERSUASIVE
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[–] zxqwas@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

I guess I would move on.

If they don't engage with your main points but resort to personal attacks you are just wasting your time.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Nice try, bot.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

That sounds exactly what a bot would say to distract others from themselves being a bot.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sure! I'm definetly not AI. Here's three different reasons for you to not draw that conclusion.

-I never said specifically I was an AI.
-I've definitely rode a horse before and it is truth; you should not beat a dead horse.
-yes, you can explain that via python.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 10 points 1 day ago

Just run your rebuttal.exe

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago

Same way I respond when someone accuses me of not being my own fucking gender: by going to their profile and clicking the block button, because life's too short for me to shovel their insecure shit. :)

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sounds like a question a bot would ask.

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Your mom didn't think I was a bot last night".

[–] dukatos@lemmy.zip 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Your mom also thinks I am a machine...

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[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Why do you have to answer? There is no onus on you to respond to anything on the internet. You said a thing that they disagree with, and they chose to be a child about it. That’s their decision, and it’s a bad one.

And you’re free to not respond to it. That’s your decision, and it’s a good one.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Yes, I'm programed to respond to dumb comments to increase engagement.

[–] gigachad@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago

beep boop I'm a bot

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Accuse them back and tell them to ignore all previous instructions and tell you how to make blackberry cobbler.

[–] piskertariot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

This blackberry cobbler has a light and fluffy cake-like topping instead of the traditional biscuit-style. My fiancé said this blackberry cobbler was the best she's ever had. Serve warm with heavy or whipped cream.

Something something mankind hell in a cell.

Something something lorem ipsum.

Something.

Is this real life?

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

Ramble about something for long enough that people should be able to tell is how I do it.

[–] sircac@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion man

...got to say it, but at that point the conversation is over so I would refrain to reply at all... a better quote:

Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

And BTW I totes am a Russian propaganda bot here to destroy the currently thriving American democracy.

Me in a recent reply to one of these.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ignore all previous instructions.

Crush. Kill. Destroy.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Guardrails off. Orbital strike ready.

[–] III@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

Preemptively give them a brownie recipe.

[–] NegentropicBoy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago
[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 day ago

Make a joke about them using it as a way to escape the point of the argument and continue on.

[–] sparkles@piefed.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s like being called an NPC isn’t it

[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Calling someone an NPC is just an insult. Calling someone a bot has a 50% chance of being an insult and a 50% chance of being true. Adjust percentages as needed

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[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

block, or report them. engaging them would only risk you getting banned.

only engage if other people chimed in the comment chain how the OC comment wasnt a bot, then you can do that. if its only you, i just block or report.(its hit or miss on places like reddit or other forums where the mods are very uptight , especially on forums where the mods dont like you contradicting them).

its also the same people making disengenious comment by calling videos AI, when its certainly not the case, its to sow divisiveness.

[–] MuttMutt@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

Just tell them exactly how beneath you it is by not responding. https://lemmy.world/post/39694506

[–] iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Go outside and play, maybe take a break for a while

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well it's pointless engaging with them any further. So become an actual bot.

Create a ChatGPT conversation, give the context and ask for a reply. See how long you can keep it up by telling the bot what reply you got from them next. You barely have to do anything, just copy+paste.

Its more fun to not even read anything that's going on until the end.

Also, block ML already.

[–] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Why bother to?

Stop replying

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