08/25 - Back for a bit Monday!

that video is terrifying for some reason

 

I only made $30 today on all 3 platforms combined. I hope noah comes back soon.

 

Out of curiosity, how long does it typically take you to get to $30? In comparison, that's an all day (18hr.) job for me. Lol

 

Is that a bath or lunch?

 

um...I made the thread this morning, started about then. slept for about 4 hours between then and now, lots and lots of okay we have to remember to eat dinner, the dog and cat haven't been fed, the laundry has to be washed, etc. helping my elderly parents. so really hard to gauge compared to when I lived at my apartment which is my real home. I hope to have some more time today, might even have more soon.

 

Turker showed up and everyone is skittles posting. Mighty sus.

 

what does this mean ha ha?

 

@skittles

 

TASTE THE RAINBOW

 

take the gif posted by tripsa and tell ai to make her shoot a skittles rainbow out of her mouth and you are channeling a @skittles post i have @'d skittles three times and now they must be summoned those are the rules of life as we all know them

 

magic

 

well I guess that's probably it for me for today! see you later turkerhub nice seeing you!

 

A research paper for researchers, but interesting for participants to note:

"Recognising, Anticipating, and Mitigating LLM Pollution of Online Behavioural Research"

https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01390​

Bluesky thread by a co-author:

https://bsky.app/profile/tfwerner.com/post/3lvnaqfsomk25
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From the paper's abstract:

"... [The authors] identify three interacting variants through which LLM Pollution threatens the validity and integrity of online behavioural research.

First, Partial LLM Mediation occurs when participants make selective use of LLMs for specific aspects of a task...

Second, Full LLM Delegation arises when agentic LLMs complete studies with little to no human oversight...

Third, LLM Spillover signifies human participants altering their behaviour as they begin to anticipate LLM presence in online studies....

...
[The authors] propose a multi-layered response spanning researcher practices, platform accountability, and community efforts. As the challenge evolves, coordinated adaptation will be essential to safeguard methodological integrity and preserve the validity of online behavioural research."​

 

I've been advised by one platform staff member saying I should alter my writing style to avoid "sounding AI-like."

Apparently the writing styles that I've been using since half a century ago, can now get me flagged for suspicion of AI.

Even entirely correct spelling and correct grammar can look suspicious to some researchers, so I'm advised to consider adding some intentional spelling errors and intentionally imperfect grammar.