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New study shows smart chatbots can figure out who you really are from just a few posts... and it only costs a couple of dollars.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

AI can’t even get facial identification correct. It might claim to be able to identify people by online presence, but I wouldn’t doubt if it guesses incorrectly most of the time.

Based on the research they had a 60 something % accuracy. But the test data was for HackerNews accounts which linked to LinkedIn. I would guess that anyone linking their anonymous account to their LinkedIn profile isn't really trying to hide themselves.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

On real Hacker News users, the AI correctly linked the secret username to the real person 67% of the time, and when it made a guess, it was right 90%. The paper also states that matching the same person's Reddit posts from different years or groups met with 68% success.