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RobinA

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19. So If I'm About

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #9)

Wed May 21, 2025, 10:43 AM

May 21

to go to the beach and I want a cache of books to take with me and I pick up some major newspaper's list of notable books for the year, how do I know it's an AI list? Obviously once I start tracking down the books I will not find them, but how the hell do I know what's an AI generated list? I'm to the point where I'm considering dropping all media and just living in my own world. I'm not normally like that, but if I can't tell if something from a reliable source is fake or not, what's the point?

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Chicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With Books That Don't Exist [View all] highplainsdem May 20 OP

So in addition to being a hack Buscaglia is moniss May 20 #1

People who use generative AI tend to start trusting it. Which is very foolish. highplainsdem May 20 #2

Lazy! SheltieLover May 20 #4

Amen. There are now videos on moniss May 20 #6

Jfc when will this ai slop stop? SheltieLover May 20 #3

Won't be any time soon.. HipChick May 21 #13

I'm sure it won't stop SheltieLover May 21 #16

it won't. Javaman May 21 #14

You may well be right. SheltieLover May 21 #17

Holy shit this is funny, but only to a point. Mike 03 May 20 #5

The greatest success of the AI proponents is convincing people to disbelieve their own eyes Prairie Gates May 20 #9

So If I'm About RobinA May 21 #19

Embarrassing and sad that talented researchers and writers are losing their jobs Prairie Gates May 20 #7

Isn't it the job of a journalist... fujiyamasan May 20 #8

The Thing I Find RobinA May 21 #20

John Scalzi post about this, linking to the Sun-Times' full response to this mess: highplainsdem May 20 #10

How about this response: Roy Rolling May 21 #11

...And these fascists want to ban all regulation of this shit for 10 fucking years? Really? Karasu May 21 #12

I would expect no better, from the current lame-stream media. (nt) Paladin May 21 #15

rupert mordoch found a hair apparent Kid Berwyn May 21 #18

Mike Royko and Roger Ebert are rolling in their graves. Crowman2009 May 21 #21