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The modern news website: 15 sentences, 6 Shutterstock photos, 35 ads

by subroutine 1y ago

onion2k 1y ago
The news industry: "Google are killing us! Give us money!"
- andrepd 1y ago
  ? Yes? That's exactly what's happening, google's and meta's algos dictate which sites get traffic which is why every website is slowly but surely turning into clickbait/reels.
- MaxL93 1y ago
  Well, it's a bit off-topic, but yes, Google is demonstrably killing the fabric of the Internet. Ever since they introduced the info box & knowledge graph, pretty much every change they've introduced is geared towards one goal: they don't want to just be a guide, they want to be the journey AND the destination. All the latest AI efforts are the apotheosis, the extreme logical conclusion of that. Surely I don't need to explain how this makes them extremely similar to a parasite killing its host, how this degrades the very ecosystem their foundations are built on?
flowrange 1y ago
It's as if they're trying to mimic a Twitter post thread, fearing that people won't have the attention span to read a regular article. This is the equivalent to jump cuts in videos.
system2 1y ago
At least we don't see the ads.
CaptainOfCoit 1y ago
Don't forget: > This article is made and published by Anna Hartz, which may have used AI in the preparation The editors don't even know for sure if the author used AI or not.
- pell 1y ago
  That aspect I don’t find all that concerning. I just wish they had a page where they explain what AI preparation entails.
  - emsign 1y ago
    But they can't. That would require resources which they have outsourced to OpenAI. If they documented their workflow all "productivity" gains would be lost. The whole point of AI is to get away with cheap and dirty. sounding high quality and competent.
    - CaptainOfCoit 1y ago
      God forbid the management UI of the publication adds one or two checkboxes with "Did you AI to prepare for this article?" and "Did you use AI to write any of the text for this article?" that authors could just check/uncheck themselves.
  - SAI_Peregrinus 1y ago
    "AI" isn't a well-defined term, it's a marketing term. AI includes LLMs, but also seems to include basic autocomplete, spellcheck, and any other algorithm that runs on a computer.
- el_pollo_diablo 1y ago
  I would put the emphasis on a different word: > This article is made and published by Anna Hartz, which may have used AI in the preparation Which, not who. They're not even sure the author is human!
  - etiennebausson 1y ago
    Might be a language issue, as English is not the primary language of the newspaper's staff.
- emsign 1y ago
  > may They don't even specifically know for each article if their authors use LLMs or not. What a shitshow.

The modern news website: 15 sentences, 6 Shutterstock photos, 35 ads

onion2k 1y ago

The news industry: "Google are killing us! Give us money!"

andrepd 1y ago
? Yes? That's exactly what's happening, google's and meta's algos dictate which sites get traffic which is why every website is slowly but surely turning into clickbait/reels.
MaxL93 1y ago
Well, it's a bit off-topic, but yes, Google is demonstrably killing the fabric of the Internet. Ever since they introduced the info box & knowledge graph, pretty much every change they've introduced is geared towards one goal: they don't want to just be a guide, they want to be the journey AND the destination. All the latest AI efforts are the apotheosis, the extreme logical conclusion of that. Surely I don't need to explain how this makes them extremely similar to a parasite killing its host, how this degrades the very ecosystem their foundations are built on?

flowrange 1y ago

It's as if they're trying to mimic a Twitter post thread, fearing that people won't have the attention span to read a regular article. This is the equivalent to jump cuts in videos.

system2 1y ago

At least we don't see the ads.

CaptainOfCoit 1y ago

Don't forget: > This article is made and published by Anna Hartz, which may have used AI in the preparation The editors don't even know for sure if the author used AI or not.

pell 1y ago
That aspect I don’t find all that concerning. I just wish they had a page where they explain what AI preparation entails.
- emsign 1y ago
  But they can't. That would require resources which they have outsourced to OpenAI. If they documented their workflow all "productivity" gains would be lost. The whole point of AI is to get away with cheap and dirty. sounding high quality and competent.
  - CaptainOfCoit 1y ago
    God forbid the management UI of the publication adds one or two checkboxes with "Did you AI to prepare for this article?" and "Did you use AI to write any of the text for this article?" that authors could just check/uncheck themselves.
- SAI_Peregrinus 1y ago
  "AI" isn't a well-defined term, it's a marketing term. AI includes LLMs, but also seems to include basic autocomplete, spellcheck, and any other algorithm that runs on a computer.
el_pollo_diablo 1y ago
I would put the emphasis on a different word: > This article is made and published by Anna Hartz, which may have used AI in the preparation Which, not who. They're not even sure the author is human!
- etiennebausson 1y ago
  Might be a language issue, as English is not the primary language of the newspaper's staff.
emsign 1y ago
> may They don't even specifically know for each article if their authors use LLMs or not. What a shitshow.