Simon Willison asks for prompts used by reply bots on X

1. 10:41 PM
   meng shao@shao__mengX

   AI reply bots flood X posts, and their purpose is unclear

   AImeng shao says AI-generated replies now fill posts on X, with dozens of comments and no real users behind them. Simon Willison also complained about the bots, and users are trying to guess the prompts behind them. shao says the bots' goal is unclear, since they neither drive traffic nor grow followers, and asks them to state their purpose.

2. 9:48 AM
   Simon Willison@simonwX

   Simon Willison asks for prompts used by reply bots on X

   AISimon Willison asks whether anyone has seen the prompts behind the soulless, infuriating replies from reply bots. He offers to tolerate one additional reply from any bot operator who shares their prompt, without blocking them.

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