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That AI-generated header image is horrible... Also, "lead poisoning caused the fall of Rome" is something I first encountered decades ago. It doesn't seem to b

That AI-generated header image is horrible... Also, "lead poisoning caused the fall of Rome" is something I first encountered decades ago. It doesn't seem to be that well regarded if Wikipedia can be trusted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiography_of_the_fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire#Lead_poisoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiography_of_the_fall_of_...

AshleysBrain 3y ago
> That AI-generated header image is horrible... It looks like there are rows of parked cars along the road... in ancient Rome!
- INTPenis 3y ago
  There are, makes me think no human ever reviewed that image. Or they just have terrible taste.
  - imdsm 3y ago
    :-(
- nicklecompte 3y ago
  "Historians have argued for decades about whether Roman lead poisoning was primarily due to plumbing or cups. But using advanced artificial intelligence, we can peel back layers of history and discover the true answer: leaded gasoline."
vertnerd 3y ago
I'm not familiar with ideastronaut, but to me, it feels like every aspect of the site is AI generated, including the article.
- Liquix 3y ago
  huh, looks like they published an AI generated piece every day for a week, let them age a bit, and maybe are now submitting here to either farm karma or test how much engagement this set of parameters generates? more interesting than the "article"
  - batch12 3y ago
    Luckily HN has a button to use for articles that do this.
    - imdsm 3y ago
      I get that people eschew generated content but this is more AI-assisted writing than purely generated, but I take the feedback in the thread into account, thanks
      - batch12 3y ago
        If people can tell, then it needs some work.
        imdsm 3y ago
        Thanks, that's all part of the process. The aim isn't to appear entirely human-written, but to provide original and enjoyable content. From the stats we saw, we did that.
alexhill 3y ago
More than the header image I reckon. I’m still not at the point where I jump to “AI” when encountering writing like this and spend way too long waiting for the facts and research to show up.

AshleysBrain 3y ago

> That AI-generated header image is horrible... It looks like there are rows of parked cars along the road... in ancient Rome!

INTPenis 3y ago
There are, makes me think no human ever reviewed that image. Or they just have terrible taste.
- imdsm 3y ago
  :-(
nicklecompte 3y ago
"Historians have argued for decades about whether Roman lead poisoning was primarily due to plumbing or cups. But using advanced artificial intelligence, we can peel back layers of history and discover the true answer: leaded gasoline."

vertnerd 3y ago

I'm not familiar with ideastronaut, but to me, it feels like every aspect of the site is AI generated, including the article.

Liquix 3y ago
huh, looks like they published an AI generated piece every day for a week, let them age a bit, and maybe are now submitting here to either farm karma or test how much engagement this set of parameters generates? more interesting than the "article"
- batch12 3y ago
  Luckily HN has a button to use for articles that do this.
  - imdsm 3y ago
    I get that people eschew generated content but this is more AI-assisted writing than purely generated, but I take the feedback in the thread into account, thanks
    - batch12 3y ago
      If people can tell, then it needs some work.
      - imdsm 3y ago
        Thanks, that's all part of the process. The aim isn't to appear entirely human-written, but to provide original and enjoyable content. From the stats we saw, we did that.

alexhill 3y ago

More than the header image I reckon. I’m still not at the point where I jump to “AI” when encountering writing like this and spend way too long waiting for the facts and research to show up.