Owner of Gaming Sites Fires Writers, Hires for "AI Editor" to Churn Out Hundreds of Articles Per Week
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Gamurs, which owns gaming sites like Destructoid and Dot Esports, is looking for an AI editor to output up to 250 articles per week.

According to their website, Publications owned by GAMURS Group include:

Destructoid

The Escapist

Siliconera

Twinfinite

Dot Esports

Upcomer

Gamepur

Prima Games

PC Invasion

Attack of the Fanboy

Touch, Tap, Play

Pro Game Guides

Gamer Journalist

Operation Sports

GameSkinny

  • Cylinsier@beehaw.orgEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    The enshitification of the internet continues. How can we offer our content, but without having to pay anyone for it and at a much higher rate of delivery? By not giving a fuck about the quality anymore and not having any real competition so people have no choice. Except people always have a choice. We can walk away.

    • Pegatron@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      I don’t see why people would even go to a site to read AI generated articles and be bombarded with ads. I could just ask an AI to write an article for me? Just cut out the middle man at that point.

      • interolivary@beehaw.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        I don’t see why people would even go to a site to read AI generated articles and be bombarded with ads.

        Doesn’t have to be voluntary on the user’s part. Maybe they clicked a link on Google? Or maybe a site they’ve been reading for ages suddenly switches to “AI editors” and it’s never really announced to the users in a clear way

      • Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 year ago

        The sites don’t mention the AI authorship, so you go there to read an article, likely one you found linked elsewhere, only to be baffled by the ramblings.