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by sometimelurker 30 days ago
I've been thinking about the bot problem: it makes it much easier to develop better bots if theres a clear signal if they're seen as humans or not. So its really not worth it to visibly say "xyz is a bot", as that would make it easier for the people making them to iterate.

About the browser extension, it might work a lot better if you made it, otherwise it would just become a training target for people making bots. I think a (-n overkill) safe way to check if something is AI is to just check the account creation date, and only read further if it's before 2022. That's what I do on political posts here anyways.