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Please don't boost #aislop !

This slop graphic went #viral in my timeline on Mastodon. Commentators found the source in a FB slop page, and biologists in the comments tell the facts. Nevertheless, people burst into enthusiasm, so little do they know about nature. #AISlop sites on big platforms gather about 250k followers.

I did a fact-check about real snails.
You can read it here: https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/28951404-a41f-4215-ab89-bc35dbc41233

#snail #snails #animalsave #NatureMatchCuts #biodiversity #reconnectWithNature #blog

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Merlin Gillard 🚋😷Feb 26

@NatureMC Thank you so much for this! It is so weird that this AI slop is repeatedly boosted... When I saw the post first, I had a hunch that the graphics, tone & content were slightly off, but I wasn't sure why. I was glad to see comments pointing it was AI, and now that you took the time to write this article!

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Petra van Cronenburg Feb 26

@merling You're welcome.
My decision to write that article didn't come from Mastodon. But when I saw the possible original site at FB with something about 250k Followers, claiming to be specialists in nature and targeting the same audience like me with my podcast. I searched how they use the algorithms and get a reach over other big platforms.
And after some heavy attacks of AI scraping bots on my website, I got angry/creative.
The problem are not single persons who may fall for a "nice pic" and

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Petra van Cronenburg

@merling perhaps don't know it better (it sounds so true). The problem are the scrapers and the large organised AI waste dumpers. Often they have several cloned websites. Some have fake media sites: even journalists have to look very carefully, they are perfectly forged ... for propaganda and slop.