[doe88]

I don't understand what is the purpose of these bots? Nihilism? Vandalism? At first I doubted when people were saying that such and such comments was AI generated, I didn't understand the goal, the motives so I thought it couldn't be ; but lately I understood how dead wrong I was, we are submerged, I came to realize that we are eaten by a sea of these useless comments.

[AstroBen]

You can control the major narrative on social media — about anything you want

What we think others around us think has a big effect on our own behavior

[im3w1l]

The goal is likely to be able to astroturf with aged accounts down the line.

[simianwords]

the motive is probably more depressing. a normal human who just wants human interaction. people interacting with something "you" wrote just feels nice and people like that stuff.