The real issue here isn’t the AI-generated listings. The “reviews” being so obviously fake is what I hope gains more traction.
this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2024
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Not as of right now, it isn't. I was disappointed to see none when I searched.
Yeah same here. I tried searching a few days ago when another article first came out about this and I couldn't find anything. Even using the links in the article.
Maybe the products were all removed in response to the article?
Damn, and I'm fresh out of I'm sorry, I cannot fulfil this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy.
Some companies, shit like this coming up in the news is QA
Many companies I've worked at are like this. No need to pay for QA, let the end users test it.
AAA video games has entered the chat
This would be easy to fix. Just run the result of the first openai api call into another one asking "Is this a valid product description?". Or even cheaper, just filter out any results that contain openai.
Two facts:
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AI detection of AI has both a false positive rate and a false negative rate approximately equal to random chance.
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Filtering out any product that contains "OpenAI" as a string would preclude any books about the product; in addition to any stickers meant to identify AI-generated content, printed products decrying or identifying it, products meant to work with or connect to it, and so forth.
Generally that sort of heavy-handed automatic moderation is more trouble than it's worth.
Mmm, love the smell of spaghetti code in the morning
That's my secret, Cap. It's all spaghetti code.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The site has been playing host to items with names such as, "I cannot fulfill this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy."
One dresser previously listed on Amazon was called, "I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy.
The trend suggests companies might be using OpenAI's popular chatbot to create product descriptions, including item names, without reviewing the final results.
Another listing, which appears to be a piece of hose, is titled: "I apologize, but I cannot complete this task it requires using trademarked brand names which goes against OpenAI use policy."
Representatives for Amazon and OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.
In a statement shared with Futurism, the company said: "We work hard to provide a trustworthy shopping experience for customers, including requiring third-party sellers to provide accurate, informative product listings."
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The only thing amazon had was a brand. They've sold it for short term profit and now it's just a shittier aliexpress. The question is, why not go for the real thing?
Honest question here...
I was always under the impression that AliExpress is worse than Amazon. Now, Amazon is not good, I know that, but I guess the narratives I was fed is that AliExpress is like Wish, and just terrible, counterfeit/knockoff products (Amazon on that fast track), excessive data capture, and I thought CCP (probably confusing with Temu).
Anyway, can you quick explain how AliExpress is a less shitty Amazon? I'll start doing some shopping there if that's the case.
Shipping speed for me, Aliexpress is 11 days or less, Amazon Prime 2 days or less. I think its funny they’ve copied Fedex with their main routes being in-house and their last-mile being “independent” contractors (Fedex Ground / Amazon Flex), and now Fedex will copy them with their upcoming FDX platform, which I believe is supposed to be an upgrade to shoprunner that will continue to sell from other Vendors but more like how amazon and walmart do it, where its a footnote on the item details.
Feels like it'll be less than a year before we get AI replies in our messaging apps, then it's nothing but AI sending messages back and forth.
Sounds like the Dead Internet Theory…
Here's the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:
The dead Internet theory is an online conspiracy theory that asserts that the Internet now consists mainly of bot activity and automatically generated content that is manipulated by algorithmic curation, marginalizing organic human activity. Proponents of the theory believe these bots are created intentionally to help manipulate algorithms and boost search results in order to ultimately manipulate consumers. Furthermore, some proponents of the theory accuse government agencies of using bots to manipulate public perception, stating "The U.S. government is engaging in an artificial intelligence powered gaslighting of the entire world population". The date given for this "death" is generally around 2016 or 2017.The theory has gained traction because much of the observed phenomena is grounded in quantifiable phenomena like increased bot traffic. However, the idea that it is a coordinated psyop has been described by Kaitlin Tiffany, staff writer at The Atlantic, as a "paranoid fantasy," even if there are legitimate criticisms involving bot traffic and the integrity of the internet.
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