Meta Spotted Testing AI-Generated Comments on Instagram

Meta is testing an AI feature that generates comment suggestions for Instagram posts. Users with access to the test see a pencil icon beside the comment field that activates "Write with Meta AI." The system analyzes photos before offering three comment suggestions, which users can refresh for alternatives. For a photo showing someone smiling with a thumbs-up in their living room, suggested comments include "Cute living room setup" and "Love the cozy atmosphere."

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Facebook - Where even the real users are bots.

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[Mr. Dollar Ton]

Well, it is either face-to-face communication, or chatbots these days.

There are even people here who will tell you the chatbots are "progress".

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[arglebargle_xiv]

We just need to go full circle now and have nothing but AI slop images accompanied by AI slop comments.

Been seeing this for over a year

[Hadlock]

I've been seeing ai summaries and ai suggested comments on social media for over a year already

Awesome article

[Calydor]

Lovely to see how well you wrote it.

The only thing left

[Hoi Polloi]

We obviously are no longer needed online. Everyone leave and let the bots talk to the bots, generate data for the bots so they can comment to the bots. Then AI run jobs can sell to the bots who will buy with bot bucks and drive the bot economy.

The next logical step

[MobyDisk]

Wow, we have AI autocomplete, and AI summaries. Then AI stories. Why not AI comments? Eventually, what will we need brains for at all?

Re:The next logical step

[JamesTRexx]

Eventually, what will we need brains for at all?

For the zombie apocalypse, obviously.
Zombies can't live on AI silicon.

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[newbie_fantod]

The Z.A. has already arrived - it was a total success.

What is the point?

[ebunga]

Every single social media platform is about human connection to some degree, even if its marketing or advertising. But now we have AI-generated comments on what is probably AI-generated content. What is the point of any of this?

Re: What is the point?

[Big Hairy Gorilla]

Have your robot call my robot and we'll do lunch.

Makes work for robots. Won't anyone think of the robots?

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[thomst]

Have your robot call my robot and THEY'LL do lunch.

FTFY ...

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[Big Hairy Gorilla]

but, but.. what do robots eat for lunch?

Best advertising spending

[SeaFox]

I wonder where the tipping point is where the advertising clients get to sue Meta for fraud for misrepresenting the actual human audience they are paying to peddle their wares to.

Human not needed!

[vistic]

Why have a human pick from the suggested comments? Just have Instagram automatically pick one for you and post it. What? Oh THAT would make it seem somehow meaningless?? We sure wouldn't want that to begin to happen.

They literally want to tell you what to think

[Rujiel]

Can't wait to be greeted with three options that all say "I support Israel"

Re: They literally want to tell you what to think

[Big Hairy Gorilla]

Time to take up the guitar?

advertising value

[SirSlud]

Kinda hilarious - you own an advertising platform, and you're auto-engaging on behalf of users. The snake is starting to eat its tail ...

Well if they are going to follow tradition

[Growlley]

it would be a russian AI posting the comments,

And thus, we reach the end of AI's life cycle.

[denny_deluxe]

The AIs are making comments on the AI's posts, their choices informed by the farming of other AI-generated content for maximum engagement from the other AIs. Why would engagement mean anything if it's driven by nothing? What is the point of eavesdropping on endless robots pretending to each other that they're people? It's the gray goo equivalent of large language models, their utility can only decrease from here.