ai bots are overwhelming the signup application process for fediverse servers. so how do you build community when you cannot distinguish between an LLM and a human anymore?
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr168-llms-join-the-fediverse/
A couple of thoughts.
1) If spam bot is a business, do they really find an economic incentive in the #fediverse ?
Isn't significally lower, like programming viruses for windows is more convenient than for linux or osx
(well, i guess this will change also)
2) why don't the AI bots simply fire up their own instance and start following people, instead of counting on accounts being approved
I imagine running an instance requires ongoing commitment of resources while an AI posting through some other instance only requires the occasional activation to make individual posts.
So it's a different type of cost, 24/7 vs short bursts.
