Longtime AI/ML researcher replies to obvious AI slop as if it's not 😬. These undisclosed AI replybots are becoming a serious UX issue & pushing social media to a Google Search-type demise. Opt-in toggles to send certain IPs to "probable spam" would help: VPNs, non-US, non-Western, by continent, whatever. That's just a bandaid solution. But it's clear that any future for social media must increasingly empower users to curate their experience. The "who you follow + top-down algo" business model is today already obsolete in our world with universal access to infinite free text-generation.