AI is arbitraging the fake status signals social media built over 15 years
pixlpa · x · 2026-10-04
In a debate on AI fabrication, @pixlpa argues social media created artificial markers of status and participation, and we're now in a brief window where people arbitrage those signals with AI fabrications — exposing the real problem. Quoted @matdryhurst adds he wishes the conversation moved from AI scapegoating to honest reflection on 15 years of unprecedented dishonesty online.
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