yea. for larger purchases it’s worth a trip to the library and ask them to see the consumer reports magazines for vacuums (or whatever you’re looking for). some libraries have them for in-house use only because they’re stolen so frequently
edit: just saw you’re in UK; no idea if the thievery applies to your libraries or not
Some libraries also have access to Consumer Reports online, accessible via the library’s network (or maybe also via a library card + link from the library site? I dunno, it’s been a while since I worked in a public library.)
Never even thought of that! We have a well known household review magazine here called “Which?” but I always used to turn my nose up at the idea of paying for reviews when I can just go on the internet and find semi-trustworthy reviews for free. Looks like those days are gone now.
That’s pretty much what it is. Looking up song lyric meanings is a crapshoot, too.
I was looking up “People Watching” by Sam Fender and all the AI generated articles were saying he was singing about a lover that he lost. Looked up the song on Wikipedia and it said that he was actually singing about his mentor being in palliative care as well as a criticism of the healthcare industry.
seems like more than half the articles i click on anymore are shit-tier model garbage that was generated the instant i clicked the link
no proofreading, no editing, just instant word salad for the purpose of getting ad views
I was researching new vacuum cleaners recently, and found one of those websites that allegedly test and compare different ones.
One of the entries had wording to the effect of “This vacuum cleaner may have a weight of <X>, and might have feature <Y>” etc.
It was fucking AI generated garbage that didn’t even know anything about the vacuum cleaner so it started speculating.
yea. for larger purchases it’s worth a trip to the library and ask them to see the consumer reports magazines for vacuums (or whatever you’re looking for). some libraries have them for in-house use only because they’re stolen so frequently
edit: just saw you’re in UK; no idea if the thievery applies to your libraries or not
Some libraries also have access to Consumer Reports online, accessible via the library’s network (or maybe also via a library card + link from the library site? I dunno, it’s been a while since I worked in a public library.)
Never even thought of that! We have a well known household review magazine here called “Which?” but I always used to turn my nose up at the idea of paying for reviews when I can just go on the internet and find semi-trustworthy reviews for free. Looks like those days are gone now.
If I read one more article and get to the first subheading titled “The Investigation: Hyperbolic Subheading” I’m going to delete the whole thing.
It’s so fucking annoying to read, and you know 100% is an AI title because nobody writes that way.
That and “[Subject]: Unraveling the Mystery” is so infuriating.
That’s pretty much what it is. Looking up song lyric meanings is a crapshoot, too.
I was looking up “People Watching” by Sam Fender and all the AI generated articles were saying he was singing about a lover that he lost. Looked up the song on Wikipedia and it said that he was actually singing about his mentor being in palliative care as well as a criticism of the healthcare industry.
That’s called “content marketing”