Another "gift" from AI to the world. Another line to the long list of "minor side effects" from uncontrolled, unapollogetic corporations releasing radical technology into a world that didn't agree to it.
TBH it was already possible before, but you'd need to either write templates or find competent low-cost ghostwriters. AI has made it easier and more accessible to do this kind of thing.
I wouldn't be surprised if the institutions or projects like CURL will create harsher measures to stop this flood of high-quality spam, like putting people on a list or requiring payment per submission.
I mean that last one isn't a bad thing, Apple did something like it years ago and I think asking for an upfront cost and having a strict (at the time) review program made it so that all apps were from serious developers and met minimum quality standards.
Agree. Before 2010, I read a get-rich-quick affiliate marketing book telling you to use an automated tool to publish SEO spam about goldfish about to 200 blogs.
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