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(02-15-2024, 06:33 PM)AHill Wrote: No, because it wasn't written by a person. It was written using artificial intelligence. Just goes to tell you how AI doesn't always give you a correct or good answer.
I was thinking the same thing - that certainly bears all the hallmarks of a really bad AI-generated 'review'.
Looks like actual journalists might have job security for a few more years at least.
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AI needs a starting point.
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Third graders need a starting point, too. But you don’t see their articles published.
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(02-08-2024, 11:48 AM)Admiral Wrote: After this, do they have even a slight bit of credibility left? I think not.
https://popularwoodworking.com/review/jack-plane/
That just about breaks my heart. Writing for PW was one of the highlights of my professional career.
Zachary Dillinger
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Author of "On Woodworking: Notes from a Lifetime at the Bench" and "With Saw, Plane and Chisel: Making Historic American Furniture With Hand Tools",
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Nah. AI might do the leg work but the one who actually put the content online was a human being.
Simon