Hello chums! Mayor Adam West's ghost here with an update and clarification on some of our rules and how we're enforcing them around AI.
We've recently seen a lot more people responding in character. That's great! We love it!
We've also seen an uptick in people using generative AI such as Chat GPT to explain the joke. We know these posts don't mean any harm, but it diminishes the effort of other people actually taking the time to write out their own answer to the post, and is often just plainly wrong.
From here on out, we'll be removing comments using generative AI in the same way we currently remove other botted comments. Because copying and pasting from GPT is just a bot with extra steps.
While we're talking about AI: AI memes aren't banned here. Comments like "this is AI slop" are also being added to the remove list for being low effort/borderline whooshing.
Edit: Also there is no rule that people have to respond in character. We just really encourage it and love to see it since that’s how the sub got its start. Remember Rule 1 and don’t be a dick to people who aren’t responding in character.
Keep up the great work with the in-character responses, chums! Mayor Adam West's ghost out! By climbing up the side of a building by filming it sideways! This is how we did that! Bet you didn't know!
Ah man, this is better than the time they were givin' out free beers at the Clam.
100% approve of this but I genuinely wish you the best of luck figuring out which comments are actually AI, because it’s getting harder and harder to detect these days.
Eh. For now the GPT stuff is still pretty easy to pick out if you’ve seen a bunch of it and know the tells.
I thought I did too - I’ve been a bot hunter from way back. But lately, like the past month or so, they seem to have gotten a lot sneakier.
No, it's just easy to spot hints that are reasons to be suspicious. But it's rare that you have clearly definitive proof. I've had people accuse me of being ChatGPT just because I used bullet points to organize what I was typing. It's right there in the formatting options of the Reddit web comment interface but some people seem to think only an AI can use bullet points.
I mean, sure, if they get sloppy and include both the prompt and the answer, that's proof. But anything short of that is just suspicious, not proof.
Bullet points are not what we’re talking about.
Are we allowed to say something is AI slop specifically in the context of explaining that something is AI-generated engagement bait and there literally just isn't a joke to explain?
If you use that phrase it'll be removed and we'll have to go in and manually approve it. Just explain it like you did.
Is there a point where you're gonna consider banning the AI from the other side too, btw? Cause the number of posts where it's all "Yeah well, I don't blame you not getting it, because it's made by AI and it just makes no fucking sense" is growing, unfortunately
We’re removing those as low effort comments already, similar to whooshing. We’ve also set up some AutoMod conditions to try and catch them.
Cool, ta
Well. I, for one, find this a splendidly refreshing take.
I'm sure you know it can be quite tedious to take time to craft something original - and I can only imagine it's even worse if you lack the genius of a born mastermind like myself. Just imagine how much time it takes Chris to type a response. Heavens, it must take ages. I daresay those taking shortcuts should be swiftly seen to. It wouldn't do to have such mediocrity mingling with the likes of those working so hard as Chris, now would it?
One day in the near future, I suspect our AI overlords will indeed attempt a brutal takeover... but rest assured, I'll have finalized world domination by then, and shall swiftly take over where you left off. Quite good.
This is a delightfully nuanced stance on AI. I love to see it.
Hi MODs I have a question here: I'm not really fluent in english (3rd language) and I use ChatGPT to translate in english what I want to say in my native language. what would happens?
Edit: this is the chatGPT version
Hi MODs, I have a question: English is my third language, and I use ChatGPT to help me translate what I want to say from my native language into English. Is that okay?
If you are just using it as a translator, that is fine.
Thank you, anyway, I'm here looking for answers most of time
Is google translate not a viable option? Not condescending , asking for clarification
That's what I did before but often I will ask something like this: I write a sentence in english and ask chatgpt to correct it if necessary.
Edit: this is the chatgpt version
That's what I used to do, but often I'll say something like this: I write a sentence in English and ask ChatGPT to correct it if necessary.
Can we put a moratorium on people posting hateful memes and pretending they don't understand "the joke"? Transphobia, homophobia, antisemitism and misogyny disguised as "I don't understand the joke" is flooding the sub.
We already remove those. If you see one report it. I check new pretty regularly throughout the day and remove it when I see it, but we can’t be everywhere at once.
Will do
Sounds like a lot of work
Anarchist Peter here : it is
explaining the joke without the character is fine too na? I have made 2 comments, both got quite some attraction. But the thing is I haven't watched family guy due to which I can't explain in character.
We encourage people to reply in character, but replying out of character doesn't break the rules.
Lately people have been character-shaming those who do not, though, which is honestly pretty shitty behavior.
Just added an edit to address this. We’ve seen it too and don’t like it. If you see someone being a dick report it for Rule 1. We want this to be a friendly welcoming place AND WILL ENFORCE THAT WITH AN IRON FIST!
I sincerely appreciate this. This sub has fantastic mods!
Thanks for the response, I will watch some character clips to understand them so that in future I can response in-character.
It doesn’t even have to be Family Guy. Just throw in some pop culture character.
Ohkay, that sounds fun too. I will try to, from the next time.
I reply in character. But it annoys me when people just delete the post after they get our answers to what the meme is, and after we spent so much time trying to make it funny and enjoyable for everyone. It makes me feel like I wasted my time, and like I should just give a basic answer sometimes without adding a character or any humor. 😔
Yeah, that is a pain in the ass. Not much we can do about it though.
Yeah… I get that. It is what it is.
And sometimes you have stuff removed because it's a recent joke and we can't check New constantly.
That’s fair though. If it’s a repost, people can’t really blame you guys for removing it.
I just put "Peter here" in front of an explanation. I have never watched Family Guy either.
Ok peter, I will hold onto some character too.