Can we assume that an edited post or comment was made by a human? Kinda curious if the edit flag implies ‘human’ now?

    • LillyPip@lemmy.caOP
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      1 day ago

      Yes, thanks.

      I wasn’t asking whether it technically can, but if it would. Or if it’s currently likely.

      • cecilkorik@lemmy.ca
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        1 hour ago

        When using local models for coding, it frequently edits the same files repeatedly until it’s satisfied with it. But that’s what the prompts built into the coding harnesses tell it to do, in case its first pass doesn’t compile properly or doesn’t satisfy all the necessary functions.

        So to answer your question, it depends on what model you’re using, and what instructions you’ve given it, what goal it’s trying to achieve and what guardrails apply to your harness. If your harness does not allow it to edit comments then it won’t. Otherwise, it certainly has the capability to, and if the goal you’ve given it can be achieved by editing a comment, it certainly might. For the purposes that most bots are used for on social media, it doesn’t need to, and it probably won’t. But if someone wants their bot to act human for whatever reason, then they might have it do that occasionally or maybe frequently.

      • one_old_coder@piefed.social
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        1 day ago

        Unlikely because bot operators don’t care about their comments once they are sent. They usually spam their shit without caring about the past.