Artificial intelligence gone wild.
Artificial intelligence, man. One minute it is the greatest thing ever, writing term papers in the style of Sylvia Plath, the next it is dangerously out of control, throwing libel at surf phenom Jamie O’Brien, accusing the carrot topped Pipeline swinger of attempted murder.
Live by the bits, die by the bytes, as the old saying goes, and the new owners of Surfer Magazine are learning this lesson hard. You certainly recall months ago when The Arena Group came under heavy fire for utilizing bots, complete with computer generated pictures and biographies, to “write” stories. The public rage was quick and fast, Sports Illustrated receiving the brunt of the attack. Surfer, its “Emily Morgans” and “Jake Howards,” mostly spared.
And, so, the machines continued to generate stories which might very well end with the once respected “Bible of the Sport” in court opposite the aforementioned O’Brien and another libel victim Ben Gravy.
The movie star handsome vlogger, you. see, was on podcast Camp Gagnon recently sharing a spot of trouble he found himself in whilst surfing Pipeline. Gravy describes how his leash snapped and he was getting pulled under until feeling sand then saving himself. A fine, if not basic, tale.
Well, the Surfer bot described thusly:
It all happened back in 2022, when Gravy – a New Jersey native – went to Hawaii to spend some time with a fellow surf vlogger, Jamie O’Brien. But JOB, being one of the best to ever do it at Pipeline, perhaps overestimated Gravy’s ability at the world’s deadliest wave. And Gravy nearly didn’t make it out alive.
Big accusations lobbed at both O’Brien (intent to harm) and Gravy (ability that can be overestimated).
Will either seek justice?
Damn that robot, son.
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AI Bots are incredibly accurate seems to be the point of this story. Am I right? AI Bot gets a HamSammish!
Real gravy is way better.
An AI article would have been better than this!
can’t hate on Ben G. Say what you will, the dude hustles.
Anyone can go ahead and hate on anyone (much like we all do towards Charles and his paltry attempts at writing articles while drunk and high). What ya can’t do is claim Gravy doesn’t work hard (unlike Charles).
I watched his Rojo Bull documentary movie. Well be for his surf vlog he has been grasping for fame copying jack ass.. He is good for surfing!
No, it’s great to see a pro surfer who wasn’t gifted the job one way or another. Gravy has more grit than most of the WSL athletes combined I’d imagine
Say JOB and wavy Gravy do indeed file civil actions, and further ask that their trials be before a jury of their peers. Such a circumstance would most certainly raise rather poignant concerns. How else could it be a jury of their peers without every jury member being a surf vlogger, or at the very least surf bloggers? Many possibilities for shenanigans, and BG fodder.
Logically, the jury should be AI
Pipeline is for the Kooks!
Correction, pipeline is for girls… but not lion hearted girls