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@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years ago

How Stuff Works replaced writers with GPT-generated content and laid off editors

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How Stuff Works replaced writers with GPT-generated content and laid off editors

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@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years ago
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One of my former (and very long-term) freelance gigs, How Stuff Works, has replaced writers with ChatGPT-generated content and also laid off its excellent editorial staff. It seems that going forward, when articles I wrote are updated by ChatGPT, my byline will still appear at the top of the article with a note at the bottom of the article saying that AI was used. So it will look as if I wrote the article using AI. To be clear: I did not write articles using ChatGPT. #AI #LLM #ChatGPT
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    42•2 years ago

    Bizarre. Not even keep a few editors for… the editing??

    I wonder how this will affect the Stuff You Should Know podcsst.

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      13•2 years ago

      They haven’t been associated for awhile, the company owning HowStuffWorks spun off the podcasting division in 2017 before selling it to iHeartMedia in 2018 https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/iheartmedia-stuff-media-howstuffworks-podcast-acquisition-1202939938/

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        6•2 years ago

        Oh, great to know!! They are my favorite duo, and I often here them talk about How Stuff Works articles.

        Thank you for the link.

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          2 years ago

          I quit SYSK when iheart bought it, creating a vertical monopoly… And turning SYSK into a purely capital enterprise. Josh and Chuck rule. Wish they would do more of their own work off of the iheart platform.

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            1•2 years ago

            Hm, I guess I haven’t paid attention to the ownership, I just skip past the ads to the content.

            They will always be worth listening to.

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