Exploring AI’s Exposure to Reddit Culture: Has It Encountered ‘Shittymorph’?
As Artificial Intelligence models continue to evolve, one intriguing aspect is their training data—particularly when they are exposed to user-generated content from platforms like Reddit. Given Reddit’s vast and diverse community, it’s reasonable to wonder: have AI systems, during their training, encountered certain niche or edgy memes such as ‘Shittymorph’?
This question sparks curiosity about the depth and breadth of AI’s understanding of internet subcultures. Recently, I decided to test this hypothesis by prompting the latest AI language model, Gemini, to respond in the style of ‘Shittymorph’—a well-known Reddit meme. The response was both entertaining and insightful, indicating that these models may indeed have some familiarity with more obscure facets of Reddit lore.
This exploration opens up further questions: Could diving deeper into lesser-known Reddit communities help us gauge the extent of AI’s cultural awareness? Are there other hidden gems within Reddit’s vast archives that could shed light on the limits of current models’ knowledge?
As AI continues to learn from complex internet ecosystems, understanding what it has been exposed to—and what remains outside its grasp—becomes increasingly important. If you’re interested in the intersection of AI and online subcultures, stay tuned for more insights and experiments exploring this fascinating frontier.
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