It increasingly appears that a number of articles on the mainstream (such as MSN) are written by brainless AI, not by humans. I recently came across an article about accurate World War Two rifles with some complimentary photos attached. No sniper type rifles were in any of the photos and therefore be elimination the photo spread showed ordinary infantry rifles. A photo showing an American soldier with a Japanese Arisaka, apparently, was an AI choice for an accurate rifle. Nice looking Arisaka, with dust cover, wire bipod, cleaning rod, and sling. The accuracy of the iron sighted Arisaka is beside the point when viewing how the soldier is dressed. Is he Army or Marine; nothing on his uniform gives a clue? When I was in the Army everyone's "gig line" had to be squared away; look at this guy's belt. What is with the white bands around his wrists? And what is with the bulge in the shirt/blouse pocket? This photo is a pretty dumb example of an accurate WW Two rifle.
Adler1944
I do think many articles (and YouTube videos) are AI generated these days for clicks and ad revenue generation. Even if they’re written by a human they are usually not intended for the knowledgeable collector but more for the casual passer-by who really won’t know or care as long as the photos look vaguely like they have some relation to the subject.
So much “history” stuff on YouTube is pure AI that I’m considering giving up my premium subscription. Some of the stuff is pretty obvious, as it just rambles and repeats the same crap over and over. Some of it’s good enough that I can only know for sure when the the AI voice pronounces something wrong. One had a bit about the Me-262 fighter and the bot pronounced it “me,” like the pronoun. They tend to screw up lead, record, stuff like that. Just so much trash.
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