As a hobby, we should disavow ai-written reef articles

[brandon429]

Who wants filler info cut and pasted off our thread backs

Or from wikipedia, resold to us as bullet point- style summary paragraphs

Don't you remember the days reefcentral, 20 years ago, where Randy would release an article and you'd have to read it six times plus phone a chemistry friend to get through paragraph one? How about Borneman: releases deep taxonomic and coral biology works + willing to speak to those who were so amazed he'd take time to speak to them online (me)

Borneman was the first person to relay to me how to pronounce scientific nomenclature based on the number of syllables in the word/ correct emphasis so when you speak to a professor you don't sound like an idiot (from his book)

That's the standard

Thinking of that arrangement and core human construction and syntax that stands clear in human- written articles--> I hope ai articles posted en masse across reef sites taste like cheerios with tap water. Don't get habituated to the over processed or innovation will die a slow painful banal death.

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[brandon429]

I have found some ways to identify ai bot writers. Two ways, so far:

1. Look to see if in their articles it looks and reads like a cut and paste article without any technicality whatsoever. Every title is nearly the same

every format
(Bullet point heavy for example)

deep collegiate-level technicality is totally gone from ai bot articles

info is never so profoundly observed as to stick in the readers mind like the old days when a studied and reef- owning human wrote our teaching material. They are likely stealing stock sales ad photos for corals in their articles, apparent upon initial read. That's a big red flag, no original pictures and mostly stolen ones.

2. Try and get them to post pictures of their reef. You'll get every story, every excuse, under the sun but you don't get to see the reef that makes the photos for the articles, ever.

Humans can run a profile, you know, in order to manage forum activity but by the fruit of their writing (and proof video and pic avoidance) you can tell their reefing tenure is behind a chat gpt login.

When you read a reef article and it seems a little off, that's your brain identifying chat gpt ripping off 25 years of web threads.

They're scraping from our original works

And reselling you the 2%

 

[brandon429]

An ai writer will never post pics of their reef

If you press them they'll say they run a public aquarium but you'll never get to see it or any pics

To me that's a tell

 

[brandon429]

It just dawned on me why I'm against ai assistance in article writing

Machines only recirculate they don't innovate new material, it goes against progress evolution to miss the aspect of writing that motivates other humans to discover. That's the elemental breath missing in ai articles, they're rote. They read that way. Easily digestible reef info is not for you or me it's dangerous processes mindfood junkfood

 

[brandon429]

All credited sources are verifying. Will update

 

[Paul B]

I didn't even know that AI could write anything, much less articles.

 

[wvned]

How many more years until the robot wars?

 

[brandon429]

I made my points about ai in reefing. The truth is, it's going this way.


Once hosts will permit the articles there's no use pressing against. this is a free market, self regulating, and the consumer will not only bear it they'll click fast for sure.

 

[wvned]

I just got a red alert on my phone for brandon429. A child named Tamara was abducted. It says dead or alive.

 

[brandon429]

Omg that's too much. I'm merely yearning for the days when reefing articles were like mini college chemistry courses to get through. I'm going to reminisce until our hobby gets that standard back.

All of Randy's pictures were so legit sourced, too

When he posted pics of giant red anemones lining his tank, those were really his grown nems. We could take him at face value in anything written.


The standards of '06 seem long gone comparatively.

 

[brandon429]

How to build an ai article:

You then cut some of the BLOCK FORMAT return data below and install it as bullet points to draw attention to a click- aggregating site. Gains value over time, over clicks.
Tell me this: was the verbiage included about plate corals below dry as square block beef jerky?

Where are the anecdotes Paul would use

Where's the smashing chemistry Randy would include?

Jerky in, jerky out.

Summary quiz:

A reef article that is 100% declarative, every sentence, in block format, no original pics, all sister articles are the same without variation, is an ___ ___- written article?

 

[brandon429]

I got word jn from someone who met Tam in person this past weekend. I no longer doubt the validity of the profile.

What's been said is the missing gatekeep for citations management.



If you want to write articles I won't press against them though I'm grumbling under breath a little bit.

 

[brandon429]

I truly thought this was a fake profile or I would not have engaged at all after reading the first article a few mos ago. Referencing the biology you must harness to manage facilities would be an attention- holding angle for v3.0

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