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Reviewers: Let's End the AI-Generated Content

I recently came across the review of a tube amp that I was excited to learn more about, a review on a well-known site by someone whose reviews I've enjoyed in the past. But as I began reading, something was not quite right. Phrases like "the dulcet tones of the amplifying device revolved around the listening environment" and "the KT170 amplifier tubes were more than worthy in generating timbres of truest fidelity" were peppered from beginning to end. WHAT? I am seeing these AI-generated sentences more and more in reviews, and my message to these reviewers is threefold: 1] You only make yourself look bad when you choose to incorporate AI into your writing 2] Your readers are not stupid 3] Your readers deserve better. And to the editors who have a responsibility as content gatekeepers, step up and hold reviewers accountable for original content...your readers will thank you.

bojack
cleeds
6,582 posts
 

I've noticed users here pasting in AI content, sometimes without attribution. It's not impressive.

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erik_squires
17,547 posts
 

Recently an article was quoted on A'gon which claimed to prove the audibility of subwoofer placement.  The article appeared to be 100% ripped from a single, recent scientific paper.  The author gave no credit to the original author and did not mention his "facts" as not being peer reviewed, or confirmed in any other publication. 

The use of AI in this industry is out of control, and sometimes appears to be unethical. 

parkergetdean
1,056 posts
 

AI makes a lot of people even stupider than they are. Which I thought was impossible.

erik_squires
17,547 posts
 

I guess I should have been clearer.  I have no evidence in that case that the author published using AI.  His lack of citations and giving credit where due, as well as explaining the limited evidence he was drawing from showed a bad trend in Audio journalism, which will be made worse by AI. 

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