So there is no proofreader and the typesetter does not give a fuck.
this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2025
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I hate this so much. It also shows that the "Author" did not even read what the AI put out. You are potentially reading pure and uncontrolled AI hallucinations.
We're rapidly approaching a world where entire conversations happen without readers or writers, yet somehow count towards KPIs.
It reminds me of crypto. “Etherium would work perfectly if people just stopped acting so… human! And used it right!”
Chatbots are the same. They’re selling a fantasy that’s just not how human beings behave.
I hate that humans really do the dumbest shit and sometimes it benefits other bad humans because the ignorant ones don't realize they're getting fucked.
Crypto is a perfect example. It's being traded and treated like a security but it is literally backed by thin air. Bitcoin is a huge bubble propped up by speculators and sooner or later it will come tumbling down.
I do wish I was brave or stupid enough to buy into crypto because it can pay out but only because the people who are all in on it don't actually know how it works. It's definitely mostly just rug pulls and scams in crypto land.
The idea of a decentralized global currency is not bad per se but all the current implementations of crypto are bad and not being used like currency at all.
Agreed that Crypto, NFTs, and I would even say LLMs very broadly speaking, are not evil technologies (LLMs are incredibly unfortunate -- this is perhaps the worst time in history for them to become available) per se. All of these have limited applicability. But obviously any new platform or tech has to disrupt entire industries or else it's a total flop, so we get these idiotic bubbles.
Bitcoin is a huge bubble propped up by speculators and sooner or later it will come tumbling down.
My take (OK actually this take) is it's because all the "legitimate" grinds are funnelling value up to 10 different billionaires, leaving less and less to go around. The only thing left is scam economics -- fooling desperate people to ""invest"" in the latest grift, on the gamble that they can get their measly capital in on the new bubble before the suckers and bag holders come sniffing around. But of course the 0.01% own the whole gameboard, so good lucky screwing over your fellow investors, and oh yeah, every single working person.
I think that's why the AI platforms are being pushed so forcefully -- like, there is nothing organic or deliberate about them. Just like Crypto & NFTs. There's no other way to make oodles of money anymore.
Nor an editor
If I was an editor I'd leave it in too. I can take the embarrassment of admitting I didn't proof read every article in order to embarrass some asshat using LLMs to generate slop news.
Yeah, this is not a single or two persons fault. There are a lot of people who just didn't care.
to be fair, I sympathoze with the editor. even though I know that their job is different than my job, and their job is literally to catch stuff like this. I mean I think it is I don't know.
part of my job is reviewing my team members' work. there's only so many times that you can review the same task before you just assume that they did what you told them and you ship it. I have one team member where I need to review their shit at least three times in order for it to be correct. all of the information for it to be correct is usually there on the first review. they simply do not do some of the things noted, or introduce new errors as they work. It's not my job to micromanage them or babysit them or correct their mistakes endlessly, at some point they are responsible for their own work, and I am not responsible for every mistake they make.
I know it's not the same situation — but it is relatable and it makes me empathize with the editor
I'm reminded of two coworkers. One I could just ask to do something and he would do a generally reasonable job of it. The other would make weird choices and introduce problems. Reviewing the latter's work was sometimes worse than just doing it myself from the start.
yep. the latter person.. I've dealt with a few now. it's exhausting. at some point you have to just accept that you are not entirely responsible for their work product, and they just suck.
I think this is exactly two people's fault. The "writer" and the last human in the newsroom because everybody else has been let go ages ago.
No, it's the fault of the people who let everybody else go.
And now you’re also aware that you could have gotten some snappy graphics but didn’t.
Edit: aware, not away.
Yeah right? Where are my graphics? Doesn't matter if they're correct, I want them snappy and sloppy!
That’s a t-shirt right there. And also a dating site criteria; “I like my broads snappy and sloppy!”
Finally an instance of helpful circle around text.
Indeed, because just like the author of this article and editor of this paper, there was no way I was reading it.
I tried, but it's just endless rambling of numbers. Most car news are like this now.
Dawn (newspaper in question) seems to have come downhill. They used to have a respected name amongst Pakistan's newspapers. I wonder how many other newspapers (across the world, in general) are slowly getting on this AI trend.
Would probably have an easier time figuring how many aren't doing it.
I love this community. How can we push for “certified non AI”?
Funny. I haven't seen job listings for rage bait authors.
Is this just journalism now?
oh that's just great.