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Social Media's New AI Disclosure Button

· 2 min read

Ever wonder if the last meme you laughed at was actually cooked up by a robot? Imagine scrolling through your feed and a tiny, neon‑pink button popping up next to each post that says, “This is AI.” No more guessing games, no more “trust me, bro” accusations—just a clean, honest label.

The idea is simple: every time you see an image, video, or even a text snippet that’s been generated by some machine learning model, a little icon would appear. You’d be able to click it for a quick tooltip explaining the model, its training data, and the confidence level. Think of it as the social media version of a “Read the fine print” button, but for the age of GPT‑4 and meme‑AI.

Would it solve the endless debate over what’s AI and what’s not? Maybe. Would it make your feed look like a tech support forum? Probably. But in a world where people are constantly shouting “AI!” at every weird glitch or uncanny detail, a simple button might finally bring some much‑needed clarity.

The Comments (Because Reddit Loves to Spill Their Brains)​

Except you have a ton of people who will call anything and everything AI with absolutely no evidence to back it up other than “trust me, bro.”

Yeah, people called shit AI all the time, and it'll be a video I saw the first time in about 2011. It's really irritating. I just perma-block those people.

RIP em dash lovers, doomed to forever be called AI now

Pictures and videos taken with social media app software could be labeled “original.” It’s at the point where people and other AI can’t tell if something was made by AI or not.

Reddit has taught me most people have no idea what is and isn’t AI. They just slap on the AI label whenever they see something that’s outside of their familiarity.

TL;DR​

A “This is AI” button could finally stop the endless “AI” shouts and make your feed a bit less confusing. But until then, just remember: if something feels a little too perfect, maybe it’s just a bot with a sense of humor.