Not sure how I missed the kerfuffle at Gizmodo, where management’s insistence on running AI-generated copy started blowing chunks from the very first piece.
From WaPo:
A few hours after James Whitbrook clocked into work at Gizmodo on Wednesday, he received a note from his editor in chief: Within 12 hours, the company would roll out articles written by artificial intelligence. Roughly 10 minutes later, a story by “Gizmodo Bot” posted on the site about the chronological order of Star Wars movies and television shows.
Whitbrook — a deputy editor at Gizmodo who writes and edits articles about science fiction — quickly read the story, which he said he had not asked for or seen before it was published. He catalogued 18 “concerns, corrections and comments” about the story in an email to Gizmodo’s editor in chief, Dan Ackerman, noting the bot put the Star Wars TV series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” in the wrong order, omitted any mention of television shows such as “Star Wars: Andor” and the 2008 film also entitled “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” inaccurately formatted movie titles and the story’s headline, had repetitive descriptions, and contained no “explicit disclaimer” that it was written by AI except for the “Gizmodo Bot” byline.
Chaos ensued, with staff understandably concerned that their reputations would be fucked sideways just before they were all let go for a subscription to a robot copy service.
I feel their pain, bit I did enjoy the very human reaction to management’s Slack message that the company was “eager to thoughtfully gather and act on feedback… There will be better stories, ideas, data projects and lists that will come forward as we wrestle with the best ways to use the technology.”
Staff replied with “16 thumbs down emoji, 11 wastebasket emoji, six clown emoji, two face palm emoji and two poop emoji.”
Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you’ve created . Their power is insignificant compared to the force. According to Vader . And these employees of course. Crummy computers
"running AI-generated copy started blowing chunks from the very first piece" this is my suprised face. Throw in the Gods awful opening AI generated credits for Marvels Secret Invasion over at Disney+ I think these AI shitshows are going to continue to be used, not because they are 'good' but because corporate capitalism is so wedded to the thought that the stuff 'creatives' isn't real work so why should they be paid when we can churn this out an tell the punters to put up with it.
Finally my life isn't wasted knowing every minute detail of the Star Wars universe , from the highs of Lucasfilm inventing modern cinema to the lows of Attack of the Clones (seriously what the hell was the tech union? ). I feel I too can make some exciting rubbish web filler if I was so inclined and be justified in doing so. May the force of futile resistance be with you. Always.
Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you’ve created . Their power is insignificant compared to the force. According to Vader . And these employees of course. Crummy computers
"running AI-generated copy started blowing chunks from the very first piece" this is my suprised face. Throw in the Gods awful opening AI generated credits for Marvels Secret Invasion over at Disney+ I think these AI shitshows are going to continue to be used, not because they are 'good' but because corporate capitalism is so wedded to the thought that the stuff 'creatives' isn't real work so why should they be paid when we can churn this out an tell the punters to put up with it.
The human touch is still a thing, as I've found out using a real editor.
Finally my life isn't wasted knowing every minute detail of the Star Wars universe , from the highs of Lucasfilm inventing modern cinema to the lows of Attack of the Clones (seriously what the hell was the tech union? ). I feel I too can make some exciting rubbish web filler if I was so inclined and be justified in doing so. May the force of futile resistance be with you. Always.