404media continues to do devastatingly good tech journalism

What Kaedim’s artificial intelligence produced was of such low quality that at one point in time “it would just be an unrecognizable blob or something instead of a tree for example,” one source familiar with its process said. 404 Media granted multiple sources in this article anonymity to avoid retaliation.

this is fucking amazing. the company tries to hide it as a QA check, but they’re really just paying 3d modelers $1-$4 a pop to churn out models in 15 minutes while they pretend the work’s being done by an AI, and now I’m wondering what other AI startups have also discovered this shitty dishonest growth hack

  • Evinceo@awful.systems
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    1 year ago

    404 really gunning for household name status. I hope they can sustain this level of effort, the space really needs journalism like this.

    • self@awful.systemsOP
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      1 year ago

      I’m almost considering subscribing to a news site for the first time in my life, and they earned the fuck out of it