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Yet Another Company Caught Using ‘AI’ To Quietly Create Fake Journalists And Fake Journalism

www.techdirt.com Yet Another Company Caught Using ‘AI’ To Quietly Create Fake Journalists And Fake Journalism

While “AI” (language learning models) certainly could help journalism, the fail upward brunchlords in charge of most modern media outlets instead see the technology as a way to cut corn…

Yet Another Company Caught Using ‘AI’ To Quietly Create Fake Journalists And Fake Journalism

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/17261222

While “AI” (language learning models) certainly could help journalism, the fail upward brunchlords in charge of most modern media outlets instead see the technology as a way to cut corners, undermine labor, and badly automate low-quality, ultra-low effort, SEO-chasing clickbait.

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  • Sigh...as a species, we are really not mature enough to be using "advanced" tech such as AI or LLMs. It's no wonder we get crap like this instead of the use cases we see in shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation.

  • I'm convinced that this AI stuff is just a shiny toy being dangled in front of average people.

    And its scary how well it works. Until I read about it from internet users, then the big flaws get revealed