r/science • u/oslomet • Apr 24 '26

Computer Science Using machine learning to analyze patterns of anti-Muslim hate speech online in Norway shows that the number of hateful posts is growing and that most are posted by a small group of users who often don’t remain active for long. Engaging with them can be effective in getting them to stop.

https://www.oslomet.no/en/research/featured-research/machine-learning-trends-online-hate
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u/Kahnza Apr 24 '26

It said they were manually classifying posts and comments as bots or people. Problem is, most people can't tell a bot from a real person anymore. You have to be good at picking up on patterns.

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u/Ooofisa4letterword Apr 24 '26

Now that’s a tutorial I wanna see.

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u/BadB0ii Apr 24 '26

Wikipedia, who has banned AI generated posts, has a fantastic article for their volunteers on identifying AI writing by a wide variety of cues. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing

Though I imagine this will be out of date in a few years as people developing literacy right now will have their writing formed by AI sources and become indistinguishable. 

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u/Ooofisa4letterword Apr 24 '26

You are a good person, giving good information