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This is the second ACM article in the last few months that was clearly not written by a human. Funny because it's against their editorial policy... what is going on over there?

Hook me up with the password for the alternate dimension Reddit you visit, it is so much smarter than mine.

Beyond the cringe of posting AI slop that 'argues' about eroding social norms and declining trust due to AI there's also this: "The prestige and unmatched reputation of Communicati…

Ran into this the other day researching a brewery. Google AI summary referenced a glowing NYT profile of its beers. The linked article was not in fact about that brewery, but an en…

I don't know if you're alluding to it and I just missed the sarcasm but their comment is at least partially computer generated. Last sentence is classic bot talk coded.

Getting dangerously close to inventing editors w that idea, no good we tried that already :)

Thanks, I think this answers my question, appreciate it

I'm sure they are, but I don't see how it relates to my question. Like, you wouldn't see anyone posting links to download a movie, or an app, that would otherwise require people to…

Why is this practice allowed? Seems like every article that gets posted here has a link leading people to a non-paywalled version of the article. Does this not violate one of the r…

I get your view, read the essay years ago and we agree on the facts. I'm a journalist who gets 5-10 PR junk PR pitches a day. I don’t pitch stories from PR hacks--I pitch and write…

The idea that arts criticism is somehow 'guerilla marketing' is such a deeply cynical, HN brain take. Of course the people who make things want to get the word out about what they'…

Yeah it's unfortunate that we're in this place culturally but seems like just using the phrase suggests a lack of engagement with it so I guess it makes sense in some wacky way.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/nyregion/social-media-ins...

This has become such a talking point of mine when I'm inevitably forced to explain why LLMs can't come for my job (yet). People seem baffled by the idea that reporting collects nov…

So is the argument here that the New Yorker can make more money from AI slop writing overseen by low-wage overseas workers? Isn't that obviously not the case? Anyway I think I've m…

>If you write regularly and you're not using AI, you simply cannot keep up with the competition. You're out. A very HN-centric view of the world. From my perch in journalism and pu…

Whitman was a full-time journalist for many years, both at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and elsewhere.

How is exposing malfeasance and illegal corporate activity activism? I hate to retreat into platitudes here but good journalism shines a light in the dark, it comforts the afflicte…

Hey sorry, I thought we were talking journalism. Outbrain is an advertising/recommendation engine company right? Know zero about them but doesn’t look like they produce anything. I…

You are commenting on an article written by a journalist. :)

Edit: made a typo. How do I quantify the value of reporting? As a writer and reporter, not a finance dude, I'm really not qualified to answer that. But it's interesting you say 'un…

I am hardly a luminary of my field but if you take a look at some of my features you’ll see they are drastically different from the idea you may have in your head. Lots of folks mo…

I keep hearing this sentiment on HN and IRL. As a journalist I think it misses the mark somewhat by failing to account for the value of reporting. While some news can be generated …