People Who Drink Their Own Pee Are Obsessed With AI, Using It to Reassure Themselves That It's a Miraculous Cure-All
futurism.com
Urine therapy fans share tactics to bypass AI safeguards in order to reinforce their belief in the medicinal qualities of pee.

The power of AI.

Long story short, AI initially pushed back on the ridiculous idea that drinking your own piss was a cure all, then these users figured out that adding words like ‘esoteric’ to their prompts let them direct AI to tell them what they wanted to hear.

Tbh article was too gross for me to finish. That’s all you get from me for a summary.

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    That’s quite conspiratorial, TBH. I can picture ad buyers wanting that information, sure, but what’s the motivation for the, errr, facebook group piss peddlers?

    I don’t see how they make money without some sponsor, or engagement money, which Facebook normally doesn’t pay out AFAIK?

    • Fleppensteyn@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      16 hours ago

      If you’ve seen “recommended for you” on Facebook (or recommendations on other platforms), it’s usually the dumbest shit because it drives engagement.

      For the influencers, lots of visitors = potential market to peddle their piss merch, urine therapy books and recipes on YouTube