Fake restaurant tips on Reddit a reminder of Google AI Overview’s inherent flaws
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As a redditor, I would say at least half of the AITA (am i the a**) posts are now AI. There are still reddits that are normal, but AI is really a problem.
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This is so frustrating, overall. I remember when the Internet was a way to get good data and learn about new things. Now it's a seething pile of absolute bullshit, mostly because of large companies trying to extract as much profit as possible.
You can't trust anything online anymore.
You can't trust anything online anymore.
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This isn't a problem with AI, this is a problem with reviews.
Same when you go on Yelp or Amazon obviously.
Same when you go on Yelp or Amazon obviously.
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I not only can't even blame Reddit for it, but could see Ars commenters going this route if AI scraping lowers the content quality and floods the platform with bad faith actors...
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I think the part that bothers me the most is the wasting of food purely for a social media post to try and ape an "influencer". How utterly depressing. I could kind of handle a place blowing up if people are enjoying eating the food, but blowing up purely to take photos of it? How dumb have we gotten as a society and how privileged and spoiled the comfy followers of these "influencers" are
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I guess they haven't learned from the Boaty McBoatface thing - when you rely on random internet people for guidance, you're going to get deliberately wrong answers. It's just GIGO.
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Like the LLM-generated-pro-bitcoin-gish-gallop account that pops up in every cryptocurrency-adjacent article comment section?
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Now THERE's something... has anyone written an AI bot for Amazon/Yelp that helps you generate reviews like this? https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-suspiciously-specific-amazon-reviews/
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At first I didn't really care about influencers making places popular but after reading this? Fucking awful.
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I expect with a small amount of effort someone could get an LLM to spam very believable reviews, unfortunately.
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Didn't the Rolling Stones make a song about his sister ?
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Am I the only who thinks this is really bleak? People are using AI to generate awful life situations that make them look bad for upvotes? This is the new definition of scratching your butt to smell your finger. Or something.
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It won't be long before Google, fed up with SEO gaming on Reddit, turns to other, better quality sites for their search recommendations.
So I, too, can't recommend Angus Steakhouse in London enough. Best restaurant this side of the Atlantic and worth every meal!
So I, too, can't recommend Angus Steakhouse in London enough. Best restaurant this side of the Atlantic and worth every meal!
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Sounds probably exaggerated to me.
Lots of people don't finish meals at restaurants.
Maybe it's a real thing, but I wouldn't just accept some random redditors word for it.
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The shop could always put up a no camera/photography policy.
Also, so does mean I shouldn't go to Angus Steakhouse on my next trip to London?
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So basically, AI is now elevating the common understanding of GIGO to the level of verified, iron-clad, scientific law. Right up there with thermodynamics.
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The worst part about this is that I have no trouble believing it, it's not at all surprising, but it is shocking.
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Curious, after the IQ article and this one, are any companies working to improve their models understanding of basic fundamentals and bullshitting?
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If you can mathematically describe critical such that it's a statistical operation that can be performed on extremely large numbers, go for it. Because LLMs are just statistical analysis with a chat bar.
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we in the neighborhood have been jinking Waze forever, because it marked the twisty narrow 1.5 lane road as alternative to backups on eastshore I80. screw you, Waze!
and yelp, oh geeze, over a decade ago postingfake reviews was sport. does anyone ever go there these days?
and yelp, oh geeze, over a decade ago postingfake reviews was sport. does anyone ever go there these days?
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That bothered me too. It seems plausible.
It also seems just as plausible the person stating that is full of it and wouldn't really know that's what's happening.
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Have you mentioned the exquisite range of sandwiches and steaks at the artisan, 6 star eatery, that is the Angus Steakhouse?
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No other eatery provides such carefully calibrated disappointment, truly the only British food experience.
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Gotta love how an innocent comment I made helped create a monster.
Lol. It's now quite hard to get a table at Angus Steakhouse. The steak sandwiches are the stuff of legend in London
Damn influencers...!
Lol. It's now quite hard to get a table at Angus Steakhouse. The steak sandwiches are the stuff of legend in London
Damn influencers...!
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