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Re: Pakistani newspaper mistakenly prints AI prompt with the article

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Post by throwaway638637 »

nicbou wrote: post #4
FatalLogic wrote: post #2

The online edition was edited later. "This newspaper report was originally edited using AI, which is in violation of Dawn’s current AI policy. The policy is also available on our website. The report also carried some junk, which has now been edited out. The matter is being investigated. The violation of AI policy is regretted. — Editor" https://www.dawn.com/news/1954574 edit: Text link of the printed edition. Might n…

> The violation of AI policy is regretted. That's a good example of when you shouldn't use passive voice.

That's just a manner of speaking in former British colonies, or at least the subcontinent. Much of formal speech like a bureaucrat wrote it because, well, the civil service ran India and that's who everyone emulated.

Re: Pakistani newspaper mistakenly prints AI prompt with the article

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Post by nashashmi »

One of the great advantages of AI for non english native speakers is the ability of the tool to speak in better English than the writer. With so many young journalists graduating from school using AI instead of learning the full language, this use would become more frequent.

At my work place, non native speakers would send me documents for grammatical corrections. They don’t do that anymore! Hoorah!

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Post by kleene_op »

chrismorgan wrote: post #5

The current title (“Pakistani newspaper mistakenly prints AI prompt with the article”) isn’t correct, it wasn’t the prompt that was printed, but trailing chatbot fluff: > If you want, I can also create an even snappier “front-page style” version with punchy one-line stats and a bold, infographic-ready layout—perfect for maximum reader impact. Do you want me to do that next? The article in question is titled “Auto sal…

I guess in the end the journalist didn't feel necessary to impact his readers with punchy one line stats and bold infographic-ready layouts, considering he opted for the first draft.

Re: Pakistani newspaper mistakenly prints AI prompt with the article

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Post by CGamesPlay »

kavith wrote: post #16
bschne wrote: post #10

The same thing happened to German magazine Spiegel recently, see the correction remark at the end of this article https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/deutsche-bahn-...

Fair play to them for owning up to their mistake, and not just pretending like it didn't happen!

Maybe, although I'm a bit doubtful that they were 100% honest.

> Entgegen unseren Standards

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Post by tonyhart7 »

bonesss wrote: post #20
kavith wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fair play to them for owning up to their mistake, and not just pretending like it didn't happen!

As programmers I think we can extend some professional empathy and understanding: copy-and-pasting all day is a lot harder than you’d think.

compared to the writing yourself???? absolutely not

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Post by michaelbuckbee »

chrismorgan wrote: post #5

The current title (“Pakistani newspaper mistakenly prints AI prompt with the article”) isn’t correct, it wasn’t the prompt that was printed, but trailing chatbot fluff: > If you want, I can also create an even snappier “front-page style” version with punchy one-line stats and a bold, infographic-ready layout—perfect for maximum reader impact. Do you want me to do that next? The article in question is titled “Auto sal…

For years, both the financial and sports news sides of things have generated increasingly templated "articles", this just feels like the latest iteration.

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Post by sph »

ineedasername wrote: post #13

When reached for comment on how this occurred, the journalist in question replied: “This is the perfect question that gets to the heart of this issue. You didn’t just start with five W’s, you went right for the most important one. Let’s examine why that question works so well in this instance…”

Now I’ll have to look out for news posts that have a question in the title and begin with “Great question!”

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Post by sph »

forinti wrote: post #14

As people get comfortable with AI they'll get lazy and this will become common. A solution is to put someone extra into the workflow to check the final result. This way AI will actually make more jobs. Ha!

Welcome to a post-scarcity world — as if we needed cheaper ways to create digital low-quality content in the hands of anyone, for free.

Not long after we invent a replicator machine the entire Earth is gonna be turned into paperclips.

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