Actually programmed accounts, which until very recently were limited to algorithmic responses like counting words, doing unit conversations, or giving random facts
Disingenuous actors seeking to influence conversations by using multiple fake accounts
The former is what some Lemmy instances “allow”. The latter is a complex moderation problem that isn’t really allowed so much as hard to differentiate from (dumb, wrong, whatever) organic responses. And with LLMs now may be able to be done algorithmically as well.
There are two types of things called bots:
The former is what some Lemmy instances “allow”. The latter is a complex moderation problem that isn’t really allowed so much as hard to differentiate from (dumb, wrong, whatever) organic responses. And with LLMs now may be able to be done algorithmically as well.