#help there are. so many bots

[aseuki]

Imma b real if u follow me and ur blog is flat out empty with a Human Person as a pfp then its On Sight Names mean Nothing at this point

[cheerywanderer]

"f data loss occurs, a successful recovery must ensure that the deleted data is not over-written. For this reason write operations to the affected storage device should be avoided. This includes not starting the system to which the affected device is connected. This is because many operating systems create temporary files in order to boot, and these may overwrite areas of lost data — rendering it unrecoverable...File operations such as copying, editing, or deleting should also be avoided." - Wikipedia article on data loss.

[devilart2199-aibi]

Finally got around to updating my Swindle design. He's still rough, but actually has parts of his altmode in him and fits much better with the other Combaticons :3

[presidentofthelipglossclub]

i have come up with a new, extremely self indulgent AU for tfrb:

basically what happens is each individual character in tfp accidentally finds out about the rescue bots, whether it's through a ground bridge mishap, an intel scouting mission, even a situation where they get rescued.

this starts out with mostly autobots, because i assume griffin rock is either in autobot territory or a neutral/unclaimed area (or it's off the grid and nobody knows about it) (i think the last one is the funniest), but the decepticons also learn about them eventually.

now. here's where the funny/self indulgent part begins. none of them know anyone else knows. the autobots AND decepticons all assume they're the only one who knows about these bots, and that the team has been trying to live a normal, calm life away from the war.

team prime doesn't know optimus and bumblebee already know, and the decepticons don't know that these guys have connections to the war. and of course, the rescue bots always manage to worm their way into every. single. bot's. spark. all of them individually grow to care about the rescue bots, and independently decide to keep them secret. nobody wants their new friends to get hurt!

anyways shenanigans of course ensue because it's very hard to keep a previously extinct group a secret from all of your friends, and since everybody knows but doesn't know everybody knows it becomes a lot of ridiculous sneaking around and badly lying to everyone.

the rescue bots are SUPER confused by all these bots who keep showing up, but they pretty much just assume that someone spilled their secret and everyone after are all showing up to meet them. eventually i think they would start to figure everything out, but they don't fully comprehend that everyone has been trying to hide them from each other until some big reveal happens.

the way this pans out is probably the end of the war honestly, because again; no one wants these guys to get hurt, physically or emotionally, and if that means having a ceasefire so be it.

[crouton-moons]

Zionist.

saying don't fall for scams does not make someone a zionist. tumblr asks are NOT actual calls for aid!

i was just going to delete this ask like i do all scam asks, but i figured id post it just in case other people are getting similar things for... not being gullible? for trying to stop other people from being scammed and sending their money to scammers instead of actual palestinians?

many people in palestine obviously need aid. an obvious bot sending thousands of messages to thousands of people asking for "aid" will not help those people. they aren't from actual victims. they're from random people who are weaponizing the kindness of strangers to make a buck. falling for it helps absolutely no one. critical thinking is even MORE important in a time like this, stop falling for this obvious shit! they're just like the ai porn bots. they're used by the same exact people for the same exact reasons, getting money off those who are gullible. they're scumbags who are weaponizing peoples empathy to make a buck off a genocide. stop. falling. for. it.

they're trying to take advantage of you. they're assuming you're too stupid to think critically about who you think you're helping. stop proving them right.

there are thousands of actual ways to donate to those in need that aren't tumblr ask scams!

[altschmerzes]

every day i see 500 posts about archive-locking fics to protect from bot scraping and every day i just want to bang my head into the wall over and over because

1. It Has Already Been Scraped, the damage is done.

2. archive-locking fics is only a Good Solid Protective Measure against bot scraping if you believe that people who have the ability to create and shape this kind of technology cannot make some fairly minor adjustments to access archive-locked fics. it would not be hard. that’s like saying ‘i’m worried about getting stabbed so i have put on a lace-woven cardigan.’

3. ao3 did not “recommend that everyone do this” as i’ve seen about 400 of those 500 posts say. they, in the post where they confirmed scraping had taken place, said that if people wanted to do something that was an option for something they could do if they felt like it. hardly an urged warning that everyone really should take this as an important safety and security measure.

4. the only people this is deterring are people who don’t browse logged in or don’t have an account. literally all you’re doing is making your fic harder to access for people who actually want to like....... read it. it’s security theatre at best and maybe this is a very small hill to die on but i’m very tired of seeing dozens of posts urging everyone to do this Right Now because it’s Critical to protecting your fics from ai bot scraping. that’s just......... can we think about this for a second.

[sleepiestwizard]

thinking about autistic + parrot avian grian getting SUCH intense echolalia and having to repeat what people say/mimic them so often

[pokimoko]

I have had it with these motherfucking spam bots on this motherfucking site.

[peridots-pixiwolf]

Sibling asked me to fill a page with ultk characters three days ago and I think I had. A very normal amount of fun doing that.

aka "just for the record—I LOVE SWORDSMACHINE!!" *crowd cheering*

[transformers-bold-bright-brisk]

Thank Primus he didn’t look up.

[ashmcgivern]

Don't send me gofundme links

I suspect most of them are bots but I guess I need to go out and clarify this - please don't send me gofundme links. I will not publish them. I don't have the time to vet them and verify whether or not they're real. There are plenty of others who will, but I do not have the capacity to do this.

So please, I understand how difficult things are, but I am not the one you want to spend your precious time messaging. I will not publish them, and I will not respond.

[shinesurge]

im used to people assuming i'm autistic and trans after reading my comic but i think it's come up often enough i might need to add plural to it lmao

[olivethetiger]

Did they ever explain what happened to all the babies at the end of Trollhunters?

[soggythecereal]

ladies, one at a time 😏😉

[finnieforkys]

@ the pornbot girlies

[heart-forge]

hey afaik this hasn't happened yet but don't feed my stuff into AIs, no matter what friendly neighbourhood corporation will put a silly hat on Crave (I routinely link to artists who can be paid to put Crave in the silly hat of your dreams). AI makes job searching, something that is already a Sisyphean nightmare, a billion times worse, and I am directly opposed to the idea of training a non sentient program (sentient probably wouldn't be better but as it is, "teach it to learn but not to think because then it might not spend 24 hours a day shitting out money" seems a little unethical) to shit out money for the most annoying people you can possibly think of. Chat bots, AI art, all of it could have a place in a better society that wasn't on pins and needles ready to exploit it in order to put people out of work, injure, maim, and steal.

This blog is unequivocally against the recreational use of AI, because it trains the AI to more robust which them allows for corporate and broad institutional misuse (because a company developing an AI doesn't care about generating fanfic for you for free, it cares about military and government contracts). AIs recognising human faces doesn't stop at making you into a silly painting, it actively harms people in war zones and at protests. AIs being able to recreate hyper realistic images from being trained on stolen art become propaganda machines for the system. At minimum, AIs being able to imitate human speech by being trained on dialogue and voice via writing will destroy jobs, if not something more insidious that it hasn't had the opportunity to showcase yet.

Stop hanging out with bots online.