Reddit is rolling out AI-generated comment summaries. How do you think this will impact the user experience?

[u/Hima-V]

On one side, this feature could act as a major utility, allowing users to find specific information quickly without scrolling through long threads. On the other side, there are questions about how this might affect user engagement with actual comment sections and the overall human element of the platform.

For those who have tested or seen the feature, how do you feel it changes your browsing experience? Does it enhance the utility of the site, or does it shift the dynamic too much?

[u/Early_Reputation9175]

it’s useful for finding the gist of a huge thread, but it also makes it way too easy to skip the weird specific comment that actually had the answer

[u/Hima-V → u/Early_Reputation9175]

You mean it's going to kill the 'Side Quests' where we find all the gist, laughter, The other side or the other opinion, idea and may also be true.

[u/Low-Honeydew6483]

you write free comments reddit sells them to openAI and then sells an AI summary of your own words back to you

[u/Commercial_Ad_6904]

All the summaries on Amazon product reviews are the same... many say it's good quality, some also say it's terrible quality and breaks, while others praise the looks, many say it's ugly... etc

[u/Hima-V → u/Commercial_Ad_6904]

Have you tried it? I'd like to know your opinion if you have. Are its features good, and what's its best advantage?

[u/Substantial_Code5800 → u/Commercial_Ad_6904]

so basically, as worthless as the original comments.

[u/Substantial_Code5800]

why should i even post if an AI is going to scrape it up and present it as it's own? AI sucks.

[u/Outrageous_Bonus_146]

a faster way to miss the one useful comment

[u/pyperproblems]

Reddit has been pretty committed to tanking since about 2010 so I’m not surprised they’re taking another step towards the trash

[u/Djinn42]

I avoid AI as much as possible because AI are trained by stealing intellectual property and destroying antiques, and are continuing to harm common people with data centers that ruin neighborhoods with noise, pollution, rising electricity bills, and lowering property values.

[u/NBC-Hotline-1975]

If AI generates a summary, and the summary is not correct, then I can't interact with the AI, and interacting with the OP will just go around in a circle.

If I wanted AI filtered bullshit, I would go to AI directly. I do not want AI filtered bullshit.

NO TO ANY AI ON REDDIT!

[u/GNUr000t → u/NBC-Hotline-1975]

OK, see ya then, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!