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Re: Show HN: Travel site made with Midjourney, GPT4 and Svelte

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Post by shisisms »

levmiseri wrote: post #6
hiatus wrote: post #5

Where are you getting the data for things like "internet situation" and expense? Are you using third-party APIs or is that content output from GPT4? Would be interested in reading about how you put it all together (and your motivation!).

The internet situation content comes directly from GPT4 with a decent accuracy. For something like the 'economy' content I'm using combination of GPT and some 3rd party things like the BicMac index. I wrote about how Meoweler was made here: https://kvak.io/meoweler

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Re: Show HN: Travel site made with Midjourney, GPT4 and Svelte

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Post by levmiseri »

jondwillis wrote: post #15

How much did it cost to generate the content for this site? Would love to hear the breakdown of costs Midjourney vs. GPT, etc.

Added the prices to the article: ~$50 for generating content for 5000 cities ~$90 for all images (Midjourney subscription)

Re: Show HN: Travel site made with Midjourney, GPT4 and Svelte

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Post by probably_wrong »

I checked the city of Córdoba in Argentina [1] to pick something outside the well-known ones (and even then, it's the second or third biggest city in the country). The results are not good:

* Opening picture: Not an accurate representation of Córdoba, it's way too hilly. Also, there's a fluffy abomination of nature on the right.

* "Land of Tango Thrills and Siesta Chills": this is so stereotypical as to be almost offensive. I met exactly one person who knows how to dance tango in about 10 years.

* "Stretch those paws in Cordoba, a purr-fect playground for curious cats seeking whisker-tingling adventures!": this is completely information free.

* According to TravelSafe [2] there's a medium risk of muggings and high risk of pickpockets so I would not recommend "lounging in sunbathed plazas" as a tourist unless you know which ones are safe.

* Off the beaten path: "Feria de Mataderos" is in Buenos Aires, 700km away, and I challenge you to look at the Google Maps pictures of "El Bosquecito" and tell me it's a good place for tourists. Also, which "El Bosquecito" in Google Maps is the correct one? Because there are several.

* "Get lost in the maze-like streets of the Old Town": that's Prague you are thinking of. The streets in the old part of Córdoba are almost perfectly square.

* "Taste the city's typical dish: locro": Yeah, no. There is locro to be found, but it's not Córdoba's typical dish.

* Lightning round question: why is Córdoba "LGBTQ friendly" while Río Cuarto (same Province, 200k South) is "LGBTQ tolerated"?

And since we are in Argentina, the pictures for Posadas [3] and Resistencia [4] are offensively wrong. The description for Corrientes [5] (whose content and picture are not any better, including a "mainstream attraction" that's 300km away and in a different Province) reads "Where the Tango Comes Alive". Seeing a pattern yet?

This is to me a cautionary tale of the type of bad content that AI will generate (or, realistically, is already generating). I give it points for having a "generated with AI" sign, but I'm not looking forward to even more content claiming that everyone in Argentina dances tango with their pet cows.

[1] https://meoweler.com/arga/cordoba

[2] https://www.travelsafe-abroad.com/argentina/cordoba/

[3] https://meoweler.com/arga/posadas

[4] https://meoweler.com/arga/resistencia

[5] https://meoweler.com/arga/corrientes

Re: Show HN: Travel site made with Midjourney, GPT4 and Svelte

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Post by xrd »

This is actually fantastic. But I'm saying this not for the reasons you might expect.

As others have noted, lots of inaccurate information here. The AI has stuff that it is regurgitating that is totally out of date, or just plain wrong.

But, if you are concerned by that, then you don't know why travel sites exist. They exist to sell you something. All of these existing sites are lying, whether it is about the hotels or the amenities, or whatever. You are getting a manipulated filter at best, or just advertising at worst.

For this reason, this is, in my opinion, the best application of AI I've seen this year. It's an equivalent product in almost every way, but probably costs 1/100th the price to create for anyone without AI. The future of travel sites. The second order effects will be terrifying to behold.

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