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Comment by JKCalhoun | Hacker News Reader

I have been told by the artist (Jonathan Scott, the Doleful Lions) that this article, perhaps even the entire site, it AI created:

https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-the-rat...

Fuck this new web.

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How long until reputable outlets start publicly promising never to have AI write their articles? It would be great for me, the reader, if this caught on. It would let me know which outlets to take at least somewhat seriously, and which to disregard out of hand for not making this commitment.

I happen to know that, say, Microsoft, currently is publishing AI-generated news articles, with predictable results. [0] It's easy enough for me to disregard everything I see on Microsoft news, but the set of outlets I need to remember to ignore is only going to grow.

Somewhat related: StackOverflow has already banned AI-generated answers.

[0] https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/02/tech/microsoft-ai-news/in...

I knew Stack Overflow had gone back and forth on the issue, so I'm happy to see they finally listened to their actual contributors. https://stackoverflow.com/help/ai-policy

Hah, I ran across that site a while ago when looking for information about a Primus song. It had the most completely nonsensical interpretation of that song, too.

The author didn't even remove ChatGPTs disclaimer in the last paragraph. Other articles on the site however seem human-written.

It takes under 5 seconds to recognize the gpt smell. I guess some people think this is still compelling?

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