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Similar story. I'm American but work and live outside the US, so I don't know how likely this would be if I had ordered from Amazon. But I ordered a rug for my

by rmunn 8mo ago

Similar story. I'm American but work and live outside the US, so I don't know how likely this would be if I had ordered from Amazon. But I ordered a rug for my sons' room from this country's equivalent to Amazon (that is, the most popular order-online-and-we-ship-to-you storefront in this country), and instead of what I ordered (a rug with an image showing the planets, with labels in English) I got an obviously AI-generated copy of the image, whose letters were often mangled (MARS looked like MɅPS, for example). Thankfully the storefront allowed me to return it for a refund, I ordered from a different seller on the second try, and this time I received a rug that precisely matched the image on the storefront. But yes, there are unscrupulous merchants who are using AI to sloppily copy other people's work.

fnands 8mo ago
Another similar story: My aunt passed away last year, and an acquaintance of my cousin sent her one of those "hug in a box" care packages you can buy off Amazon. Except when it was delivered, this one said "hug in a boy" and "with heaetfelt equqikathy" (whatever the hell that means). When we looked up the listing on Amazon it was clear it was actually wrong in the pictures, just well hidden with well placed objects in front of the mistakes. It seems like they ripped off another popular listing that had a similar font/contents/etc. Luckily my cousin found it hilarious.
- idop 8mo ago
  Reminds me when one Valentine's Day or whatever a new booth popped up at the mall where my gym was. They sold these nice heart-shaped chocolate boxes. I bought one for my sister. When she opened it, she found one piece of chocolate, and the rest of the box was filled with blocks of Styrofoam... The next day the booth was gone.
  - csours 8mo ago
    Damn, that sounds like a bit that would be cut from a romantic comedy for being too on the nose.
coldpie 8mo ago
I've gone back to shopping pretty much exclusively offline. Shifting through the garbage was too much work even before the AI slop flood. I'd rather pay a little extra to a local retailer so I know what I'm actually buying because it's right there on the shelf in front of me.

by rmunn 8mo ago

fnands 8mo ago

Another similar story: My aunt passed away last year, and an acquaintance of my cousin sent her one of those "hug in a box" care packages you can buy off Amazon. Except when it was delivered, this one said "hug in a boy" and "with heaetfelt equqikathy" (whatever the hell that means). When we looked up the listing on Amazon it was clear it was actually wrong in the pictures, just well hidden with well placed objects in front of the mistakes. It seems like they ripped off another popular listing that had a similar font/contents/etc. Luckily my cousin found it hilarious.

idop 8mo ago
Reminds me when one Valentine's Day or whatever a new booth popped up at the mall where my gym was. They sold these nice heart-shaped chocolate boxes. I bought one for my sister. When she opened it, she found one piece of chocolate, and the rest of the box was filled with blocks of Styrofoam... The next day the booth was gone.
- csours 8mo ago
  Damn, that sounds like a bit that would be cut from a romantic comedy for being too on the nose.

coldpie 8mo ago

I've gone back to shopping pretty much exclusively offline. Shifting through the garbage was too much work even before the AI slop flood. I'd rather pay a little extra to a local retailer so I know what I'm actually buying because it's right there on the shelf in front of me.