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Gizmodo and Kotaku Staff Furious After Owner Announces Move to AI Content (futurism.com)

submitted 1 year ago by thejml@lemm.ee to c/technology

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G/O Media, a major online media company that runs publications including Gizmodo, Kotaku, Quartz, Jezebel, and Deadspin, has announced that it will begin a "modest test" of AI content on its sites.

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The trial will include "producing just a handful of stories for most of our sites that are basically built around lists and data," Brown wrote. "These features aren't replacing work currently being done by writers and editors, and we hope that over time if we get these forms of content right and produced at scale, AI will, via search and promotion, help us grow our audience."

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I doubt we will even notice the quality drop. Those sites have been pumping out pure trash for years.

[–] Rentlar 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Writing "listicles" is dead-brain work anyway, no creativity or actual research beyond the list itself needed.

5 things your doctor didn't tell you at your last appointment, number 4 will shock you.

[–] renard_roux 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't leave us hanging, buddy, what's number 4?! 😳

[–] haakon@lemmy.sdfeu.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Eat healthy and exercise

[–] snowbell 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What? No way

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

If that shocked you then you won't believe what number 3 is..

[–] ConsciousCode 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I could genuinely see GPT-4 writing this article right now and it would somehow be even less interesting and more braindead than you could imagine. You have to be very careful with writing prompts for any sort of advice because it has read way too many self-help trash articles and it easily falls into that domain.

[–] Rentlar 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would have said: Your doctor didn't tell you that you should get a pet turtle.

ChatGPT says:

One thing that your doctor might not have told you at your last appointment is the personal opinion they hold about a particular treatment or medication. While doctors are trained to provide evidence-based medical advice, they may have personal views or preferences regarding certain treatments that they choose not to express during appointments in order to maintain professionalism and avoid influencing your decisions.

[–] Zapp 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for that. I can't wait for a massive cascade of equally useless text to flood the Internet.

[–] caidan@hachyderm.io 0 points 1 year ago

@Fizz @thejml which sites are you referencing?