Somebody needs to catch and treat that U.S. camper before he infects any more bobcats!

Seriously though, that screen grab above was one of the headings in my Yahoo news feed. The actual news story, copied below, indicates a slightly different slant to the situation.

quote Bobcat that attacked a camper in Connecticut tests positive for rabies Wed, July 5, 2023 at 6:38 a.m. PDT LYME, Conn. (AP) — A bobcat that attacked a camper in a hammock at a Connecticut state park has tested positive for rabies. The man was among several adults leading a group of young campers last week in Selden Neck State Park, an island in the Connecticut River in Lyme, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said in a news release Monday. The man was sleeping early Friday when the bobcat attacked him, the department said. He and two other adult leaders subdued the animal and killed it, officials said. All three men were taken to a hospital with injuries inflicted by the cat. None of the children on the outing came into contact with the animal, authorities said. “When unprovoked attacks do occur, they are generally disease or illness related,” Paul Copleman, a spokesperson for the department, said in a statement. “While rabies is not as common in bobcats as some other mammal species, they can contract the virus.” Treatment after exposure to rabies to prevent development of the fatal disease is typical, though the department had no information on whether the men who came in contact with the infected bobcat received such treatment.

If nothing else, that ridiculous heading demonstrates how easy it is to misrepresent the facts.

I've met a lot of....."mad".....campers....

quote Originally posted by Patrick: Somebody needs to catch and treat that U.S. camper before he infects any more bobcats! Seriously though, that screen grab above was one of the headings in my Yahoo news feed. The actual news story, copied below, indicates a slightly different slant to the situation. If nothing else, that ridiculous heading demonstrates how easy it is to misrepresent the facts.

I don't think it was intentional. I've run across this several times, and I know the issue is more realistically the use of AI in the automation of news aggregators. Yahoo is essentially that. Similar to when you go to MSN.com, or whatever it is. I guess they're using an NLP, and well... haha.

EDIT: What really makes me mad is when I click on How-To articles that come up in search. They are essentially this incredibly bloviated article that's AI-generated... text is good, but the instructions don't really make a whole lot of sense, and all the steps tend to be kind of saying the exact same thing. I end up wasting my time reading halfway through only to realize that it's not even accurate, and is complete garbage.

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quote Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: EDIT: What really makes me mad is when I click on How-To articles that come up in search. They are essentially this incredibly bloviated article that's AI-generated... text is good, but the instructions don't really make a whole lot of sense, and all the steps tend to be kind of saying the exact same thing. I end up wasting my time reading halfway through only to realize that it's not even accurate, and is complete garbage.

I see that in music related articles about theory, history or other technical aspects. They read like an essay written by a disinterested sixth grader, replete with cliches and pretense.

quote Originally posted by williegoat: I see that in music related articles about theory, history or other technical aspects. They read like an essay written by a disinterested sixth grader, replete with cliches and pretense.

That seems suspiciously like something an AI could have written.

quote Originally posted by rinselberg: That seems suspiciously like something an AI could have written.

That seems suspiciously like something an AI could have written. (If I do say so myself.)

quote Originally posted by rinselberg: That seems suspiciously like something an AI could have written. (If I do say so myself.)

OK, so I found a website called iAsk.AI, and I asked it, "What would rinselberg say?"

Here is the answer:

quote Rinselberg is not a well-known or widely recognized name or term. It does not appear to be associated with any specific person, concept, or entity that has gained significant attention in public discourse or authoritative sources. Without further context or information, it is difficult to provide a more specific answer.

Three sentences and 51 words to say, "I don't know." And you know what? That is exactly what rinselberg would say.

quote Originally posted by williegoat: Three sentences and 51 words to say, "I don't know." And you know what? That is exactly what rinselberg would say.

*SNERK*