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Crowds gather in Dublin for fake Halloween parade posted on social media

26 pointsby intunderflow7 months ago

9 comments

kalleboo7 months ago
Euronews claims the party listing was AI-generated, that might be the more interesting story here <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.euronews.com&#x2F;culture&#x2F;2024&#x2F;11&#x2F;01&#x2F;thousands-go-to-fake-ai-invented-dublin-halloween-parade" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.euronews.com&#x2F;culture&#x2F;2024&#x2F;11&#x2F;01&#x2F;thousands-go-to-...</a>
tagersenim7 months ago
Well, with this turnout there is a real parade anyway!
mablopoule7 months ago
While this case makes for a pretty fun story, there&#x27;s other case of &#x27;fake&#x27; event posted on social media with more sinister reasons behind it, like when russian troll farm used social media to try to organize protest that were bound to devolve into riots [1].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;edition.cnn.com&#x2F;2018&#x2F;06&#x2F;26&#x2F;us&#x2F;russian-trolls-exploit-philando-castiles-death&#x2F;index.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;edition.cnn.com&#x2F;2018&#x2F;06&#x2F;26&#x2F;us&#x2F;russian-trolls-exploit...</a>
Quarondeau7 months ago
I&#x27;m predicting that there will be one next year. If it&#x27;s that easy to mobilize a crowd, there&#x27;s a parade just waiting to be organized.
kholterhoff7 months ago
Reminds me of the fake Limp Bizkit concert at a Sunoco gas station in Dayton <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;music&#x2F;2016&#x2F;apr&#x2F;21&#x2F;limp-bizkit-fans-turn-up-to-fake-gig-at-ohio-petrol-station" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;music&#x2F;2016&#x2F;apr&#x2F;21&#x2F;limp-bizkit-fa...</a>
necovek6 months ago
How is the fact that this was AI generated relevant here?<p>Fake news has been spread before in exactly the same manner. A human writer could have created the original story in 30 mins too.
snapcaster7 months ago
I know it&#x27;s a person using the AI, but wondering if this is the first instance of an AI creating a mass concentration of humans without the explicit intent of the controller being to do so
firefax7 months ago
I mean, it&#x27;s not fake, just <i>unpermitted</i>?<p>Even here in the states, where it&#x27;s my understanding is a bit looser with rules on gatherings <i>you can&#x27;t block traffic w&#x2F;o a permit</i>.<p>So... someone put out advertising for a parade and never got the permit? Why the front page?<p>You could have done this in the 90s with flyers, payphones and word of mouth, it&#x27;s a bit weird to overemphasize the &quot;social media&quot; aspect.
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mint27 months ago
That sounds like a setup for a bank robbery in a novel