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It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

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Re: It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

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It's insulting but I also find it extremely concerning that my younger colleagues can't seem to tell the difference. An article will very clearly be AI slop and I'll express frustration, only to discover that they have no idea what I"m talking about.

Or worse - they can tell the difference but don’t think it matters.

Re: It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

#5

I just hit the back button as soon as my "this feels like AI" sense tingles. Now you could argue but you don't know it was AI it could just be really mediocre writing - it could indeed but I hit the back button there as well so it's a wash either way.

There's definitely an uncanny valley with a lot of AI. But also, it's entirely likely that lots of what we're reading is AI generated and we can't tell at all. This post could easily be AI (it's not, but it could be)

Re: It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

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post #4

It's insulting but I also find it extremely concerning that my younger colleagues can't seem to tell the difference. An article will very clearly be AI slop and I'll express frustration, only to discover that they have no idea what I"m talking about.

Or worse - they can tell the difference but don’t think it matters.

I see a lot of that also.

Re: It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

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post #5

I just hit the back button as soon as my "this feels like AI" sense tingles. Now you could argue but you don't know it was AI it could just be really mediocre writing - it could indeed but I hit the back button there as well so it's a wash either way.

There's definitely an uncanny valley with a lot of AI. But also, it's entirely likely that lots of what we're reading is AI generated and we can't tell at all. This post could easily be AI (it's not, but it could be)

Ah the portcullis to the philosophical topic of, “if you couldn’t tell, does that demonstrate that authenticity doesn’t matter?”
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