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The A.V. Club's AI-Generated Articles Are Copying Directly From IMDb (futurism.com)
submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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On our review, the bulk of the A.V. Club's AI-generated articles appear to be copied directly from IMDb.

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[โ€“] crowsby@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man that's sad. The AV Club was my go-to site for TV/Movie reviews for years, it's unfortunate to see them degrade into the same kind of low-value content farm that their (former) sister site ClickHole makes fun of.

[โ€“] dumples@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I keep going to the site out of habit but I rarely even click anything any more.