We’re not sure why or how this might positively impact the social media ecosystem but the popular social media app Instagram is experimenting with AI comments on posts.
The app will soon enable AI-based comments so users don’t need to come up with a reply or any kind of original thought of their own, to reply to any kind of update.
Thanks to app expert and researcher Jonah Manzano, we saw some app users see a pencil featuring a star icon near the comments field when they go about posting comments. So when you tap it, it produces a list of endless possibilities that you can use as a reply for a picture or video.
Therefore you don’t need to have any kind of capacity for a real idea or any sort of thoughts or communication skills of your own. All you need to do is enable Meta’s AI bot to simulate personalities for you if you’d like.
In fact, the company is also working on this feature in its literal sense. It’s giving users the chance to produce customized bot variants of themselves based on AI tech. This way, they get the chance to engage with different people based on their selective personality traits and replies.
So the more AI bots that copy human behavior, the better right? But wait, do social media apps really need this in today’s day and age?
Yeah, we’re not sure why apps feel that making interactions more fake is the solution to more engagement and better experiences. Still, it’s been a hit for LinkedIn which is making the most of the AI-generated comments while Gmail also has an option for suggesting replies.
We don’t feel it’s unusual in this aspect. The only chance here is that replies are more specific depending on what kind of material you’re posting. It might even get better with time but again, only time can tell.
Remember, it’s never going to be the same as a human talking. It might not even get personal and it’s nothing social in its realist term. So the million-dollar question is why Facebook’s parent company is so interested in adding more AI content?
Well, the answer is simple. It will give rise to more human engagement and usage of the platforms. For instance, the company will be experimenting more with AI-based bot profiles and will interact with humans across different apps. The benefit of this is that more AI comments will give rise to more replies to posts. We’re guessing hundreds of comments will be assigned to your content immediately.
Maybe that will have more people engaging with the post and the whole thing will blend together like a single happy family. It might even spark greater connectivity between people. We do see it working.
The only thing we hope for is Meta making use of real human responses as algorithm indicators as compared to bot replies. This way, they would be able to better gauge reply volume as engagement markers. So only the best posts would get wide exposure. Meanwhile, average posts would similarly trigger random comments and provide creators with a dopamine fix for interactivity.
The real question at the end of it all is if people want this or not? Are we okay with a bot speaking on behalf of a creator? Is it going to feel just as engaging or real as before?
My guess is that not everyone is going to feel happy or comfortable with generic replies being posted. Some might be okay to mix things up and this could alter the future of social interactions on the app. This will keep users feeling interested, social, and connected to the bigger world.
It’s an experiment for now. The final outcome of whether or not it will be implemented will soon be revealed so we’ll keep an eye out for that.
Read next: Google Cracks Down on Adblockers By Stopping YouTube Videos from Playing on Browsers
The app will soon enable AI-based comments so users don’t need to come up with a reply or any kind of original thought of their own, to reply to any kind of update.
Thanks to app expert and researcher Jonah Manzano, we saw some app users see a pencil featuring a star icon near the comments field when they go about posting comments. So when you tap it, it produces a list of endless possibilities that you can use as a reply for a picture or video.
Therefore you don’t need to have any kind of capacity for a real idea or any sort of thoughts or communication skills of your own. All you need to do is enable Meta’s AI bot to simulate personalities for you if you’d like.
In fact, the company is also working on this feature in its literal sense. It’s giving users the chance to produce customized bot variants of themselves based on AI tech. This way, they get the chance to engage with different people based on their selective personality traits and replies.
So the more AI bots that copy human behavior, the better right? But wait, do social media apps really need this in today’s day and age?
Yeah, we’re not sure why apps feel that making interactions more fake is the solution to more engagement and better experiences. Still, it’s been a hit for LinkedIn which is making the most of the AI-generated comments while Gmail also has an option for suggesting replies.
We don’t feel it’s unusual in this aspect. The only chance here is that replies are more specific depending on what kind of material you’re posting. It might even get better with time but again, only time can tell.
Remember, it’s never going to be the same as a human talking. It might not even get personal and it’s nothing social in its realist term. So the million-dollar question is why Facebook’s parent company is so interested in adding more AI content?
Well, the answer is simple. It will give rise to more human engagement and usage of the platforms. For instance, the company will be experimenting more with AI-based bot profiles and will interact with humans across different apps. The benefit of this is that more AI comments will give rise to more replies to posts. We’re guessing hundreds of comments will be assigned to your content immediately.
Maybe that will have more people engaging with the post and the whole thing will blend together like a single happy family. It might even spark greater connectivity between people. We do see it working.
The only thing we hope for is Meta making use of real human responses as algorithm indicators as compared to bot replies. This way, they would be able to better gauge reply volume as engagement markers. So only the best posts would get wide exposure. Meanwhile, average posts would similarly trigger random comments and provide creators with a dopamine fix for interactivity.
The real question at the end of it all is if people want this or not? Are we okay with a bot speaking on behalf of a creator? Is it going to feel just as engaging or real as before?
My guess is that not everyone is going to feel happy or comfortable with generic replies being posted. Some might be okay to mix things up and this could alter the future of social interactions on the app. This will keep users feeling interested, social, and connected to the bigger world.
It’s an experiment for now. The final outcome of whether or not it will be implemented will soon be revealed so we’ll keep an eye out for that.
Read next: Google Cracks Down on Adblockers By Stopping YouTube Videos from Playing on Browsers
