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A ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Web Is Already AI-Translated Trash, Scientists Determine (www.vice.com)

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A ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Web Is Already AI-Translated Trash, Scientists Determine::Researchers warn that most of the text we view online has been poorly translated into one or more languages—usually by a machine.

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[-] theluddite@lemmy.ml 54 points 11 months ago

It's probably either waiting for approval to sell ads or was denied and they're adding more stuff. Google has a virtual monopoly on ads, and their approval process can take 1-2 weeks. Google's content policy basially demands that your site by full of generated trash to sell ads. I did a case study here, in which Google denied my popular and useful website for ads until I filled it with the lowest-quality generated trash imaginable. That might help clarify what's up.

[-] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago

What an absolute ballbag Google is.

[-] Linssiili@sopuli.xyz 7 points 11 months ago

The posts are from march 2023, and there are no ads yet :/

[-] theluddite@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Dates could be made up, too.The blog posts that I generated for my site included made up dates in the past. The internet archive says it has a snapshot for March of 2023, but when I click it, it says it doesn't, so I have no way of verifying. The theory about parking real estate hoping to sell it also seems pretty plausible to me. Who knows what dumb shit they're up to.

[-] aubertlone@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Hey man! I've read this article a few times, perhaps from other comments on Lemmy!

Thanks for the write-up. I'm a programmer myself.

Stuck in operations in my new job until we're done with the data center exit/ migration. Anyway cool beans, and very interesting article. Will keep all this in mind if any of my hobby projects take off.

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Instead of feeling defeated, like every other millennial that doesn't want to work,

That is one weird glib to throw in there.

[-] theluddite@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

My editor is an actual saint. Imagine all the shit that she has to put up with that gets cut if that made it through!

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