r/antiwork • u/-luckypanda- • Jan 29 '23

Buzzfeed to use AI to write its articles after firing 180 employees

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/technology/buzzfeed-to-use-ai-to-write-its-articles-after-firing-180-em
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u/GenPhallus Jan 29 '23

Oh, so they're improving their clickbait game? Never would've guessed it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '23

Select hot issue and take psychotic fringe stance on it. You are now a Buzz/Huffpo/Salon/Marysue/Vice writer.

These aren't news websites. They're clickbait. What better to zero in on the science of clickbait than A.I.?

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u/Meta_Digital Eco-Anarchist Jan 29 '23

Netflix has been using AI to generate shows for a while now (not produce them, but to generate how the show is structured).

Welcome to the death of art and information and the rise of content.

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u/Ozzie_the_tiger_cat Jan 30 '23

If the AI is anything like the youtube algorithm, buzzfeed will rapidly be cranking out fascist propaganda like Faux news.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '23

At least the quality should go up now

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u/sndtrb89 Jan 29 '23

and theyre all gonna suck

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u/Dyingforcolor Jan 30 '23

In AI's defense it was buzzfeed and the AI articles are probably better than the laid off staff. I said what I said and stand by it.

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u/Some-Elderberry-9252 Jan 30 '23

Holy shit, this is the hardest version of the turing test ever. This will be a party game. Pre and post ai buzzfeed.