Computer Generated Article? Or Am I Too Old For the Lingo?

[kcofohio]

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https://clickbaitsite.org/224-valkyrie-vs-6-5-grendel/

I was searching the "web" for comparison writeups on .224 Valkyrie vs. 6.5 Grendel. The link above is the second article I selected to read.

Either I'm not up on tactical lingo, or this is a computer generated article. What do you think?

Here are a few examples;

Accordingly, 224 Valkyrie vs. 6.5 Grendel is the two bullets with the longest firing distance on the AR-15, according to the announcements from the manufacturer. And, you should choose between the two to put on your butt.

The explosion of both versions has been proven on numerous real-life tests. So, their cost is extremely high, up to tens of thousands of dollars per magazine.

Immediately after its release, 224 Valkyrie soon became a hot hit, with sales peaking at 1000 tablets per day.

The 6.5 Grendel’s weight is more than twice that of the 30c-30 bullet and about four times that of the other 74-grain versions. Accordingly, it will create a relatively heavy gun on the market that few customers use.

I have been seeing in the news about these computer generated articles and papers. But this is so badly written, I don't believe even an under-educated writer would do this bad.

 

[stillquietvoice]

That was definitely hard to read and is full of errors, misconceptions, incorrect terms, something an unedited elementary school student would write using spell check

 

[.455_Hunter]

I have definitely seen firearms internet content that has been written by AI. Lots of facts regurgitation, but no "story" or interesting theme. AI won't replace content by folks like Gary James.

 

[unclenunzie]

My opinion is this has been going on for a long time. It's easier and a way to make money through web clicks no doubt. If an "article" has product purchase links sprinkled throughout you can be certain it's made as a lure to catch money. Either way, It's trash.

 

[edwardware]

Searching for "review" or "compare" anything will frequently return an overwhelming volume of machine-generated or poorly-translated-from-Mandarin gobbledegook. This is a consequence of the advertisement funded interwebs.

 

[kcofohio]

That was definitely hard to read and is full of errors, misconceptions, incorrect terms, something an unedited elementary school student would write using spell check

I agree, it is a cringeworthy read. It was harder going over it the second time to grab the parts for quotes.

 

[kcofohio]

I have definitely seen firearms internet content that has been written by AI. Lots of facts regurgitation, but no "story" or interesting theme. AI won't replace content by folks like Gary James.

I don't read many gun related articles online. This is the 1st time for me to notice the crap.

 

[AlexanderA]

Typical click bait. AI generated in another language, and then machine-translated into English.

 

[Old Dog]

Either I'm not up on tactical lingo, or this is a computer generated article. What do you think?

The grammar is atrociously bad. I normally stop after the first sentence or two when it becomes immediately apparent an article is artificially generated or written by a non-native English speaker incapable of performing a spelling/grammar check.

In the case of the "article" linked by the OP, it certainly appears there's a great deal of verbatim plagiarizing from other sources as much of the grammar and writing style in some of the final paragraphs does not match other portions.

Garbage. No credibility, no documentation of testing methods.

 

[I6turbo]

I see lots of stuff online these days that was obviously written by the hugely over-hyped "AI," or written by someone relatively clueless about the topic. Apparently this sort of content will do for click-bait, the primary purpose of google and the internet these days.

On the latter subject, if you've noticed, the huge majority of search results that you get on google nowadays is what a bunch of companies and PR firms have PAID google to feed you. (And most of the other search engines just use google results in their mostly-bogus claims of being an alternative to google.) And just about every link is giving pretty much the same regurgitated content and claims. Google is little more than a compilation of various companies marketing BS. Also, if you notice, you may get a claimed 10-million search results, but it's mostly just the first 3 pages or so repeated 20,000 times. 95% garbage on many subjects. And if that's not enough, many of the product "reviews" are faked, or outright bought. Grrrr.....

I made a portion of my living in marketing for about 30 years, and so much of it is disgusting BS nowadays. If they think they can stay out of jail (there's practically no consequence to lying about most products these days), nothing is off limits for many of them. Marketers make politicians look honest by comparison.

 

[kcofohio]

I see lots of stuff online these days that was obviously written by the hugely over-hyped "AI," or written by someone relatively clueless about the topic. Apparently this sort of content will do for click-bait, the primary purpose of google and the internet these days.

On the latter subject, if you've noticed, the huge majority of search results that you get on google nowadays is what a bunch of companies and PR firms have PAID google to feed you. (And most of the other search engines just use google results in their mostly-bogus claims of being an alternative to google.) And just about every link is giving pretty much the same regurgitated content and claims. Google is little more than a compilation of various companies marketing BS. Also, if you notice, you may get a claimed 10-million search results, but it's mostly just the first 3 pages or so repeated 20,000 times. 95% garbage on many subjects. And if that's not enough, many of the product "reviews" are faked, or outright bought. Grrrr.....

I made a portion of my living in marketing for about 30 years, and so much of it is disgusting BS nowadays. If they think they can stay out of jail (there's practically no consequence to lying about most products these days), nothing is off limits for many of them. Marketers make politicians look honest by comparison.

I have noticed the search engine results in the last few years. Definitely not like it was back in the earlier years of the internet. Even if you type in the website name for a more direct search, if it isn't one of the preferred site, you may get other sites that reference that said site, and it may take a couple pages before the searched for site actually gets linked.

 

[Mizar]

Yep, a clickbait site and Google - a match made in heaven...

 

[JohnKSa]

There are a number of websites out there like the one referenced by the OP. Generated either via some sort of bad automation, or perhaps by someone who doesn't know anything about the topic of the website and little about English. Sometimes they appear to be autotranslated. Occasionally you'll see one that has stolen content from various other legitimate sites.

Beware of products advertised on such sites as no worthwhile company would want to advertise on a site like that. Also beware of the sites themselves as they have a higher probability than your average website of containing malware.

This really isn't a firearms related topic, so...