Researcher jokes about aspiring to be targeted by astroturf bots someday
lxrjl · x · 2026-11-11
Quoting Shakeel Hashim's "Fun, I was targeted by this!", X user @lxrjl jokes that he'll someday be a credible enough public figure for the astroturf bots to come for him too — a nod to recent AI-community drama around coordinated bot campaigns targeting researchers.
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