AI Generated Beer Reviews

I haven’t read the article—maybe I will later—but yes, it would clearly be unethical to post an AI-generated review here. Unless the computer somehow looked at, smelled, tasted, and felt the beer in its mouth (which, last time I checked, computers don’t have), it has no business reviewing that beer.

 

It's a shame we even have to discuss this. For me, writing reviews is an enjoyable hobby that helps distract me from the frustrations and annoyances of life. It's something I look forward to doing. While I tend to overuse certain expressions and cliches, I try to say something unique in every review. I don't know why any BA would resort to using AI except to gain points. I have, however, wondered whether some breweries have Untappd and BA accounts to puff up their beers.

I'm glad to hear that tools are available to ferret out this practice.

 

I’m instantly suspicious of any beer review that uses the phrase “bleep blorp.”

 

WTH is wrong with people!!!!? This is just pathetic.

 

I am against most uses of AI. IMHO, the US is already dumb enough without having every question and task being assigned to AI. (i.e. Microsoft Co-Pilot)

 

The last thing I come here for is AI generated drivel. Glad you are setting out clear guidelines @Todd.

 

I'm startin' to feel bad for the beer reviewing robot that's programmed by a dipshit.

 

I respect your points, but I would rather read what a contributor wants to tell me directly, than read a sanitized version run through an AI homogenization machine.

I would say to a reviewer contemplating the use of AI: Just talk to me the way you would if we were sitting at a bar. Leave out the extra stuff. Awkward phrasing is part of everyday communication, both in person and online. Embrace it.

 

The more we separate ourselves from being human, the more we will find fault with the attributes of humanity. It starts with our foibles and will end with our demise. And yes I think that drama is appropriate.

We already vilify great humanitarians of the past because they had some fault or didn't go far enough to sate the self-righteously indulgent opinions of the uniformed masses.

There is a huge value for AI in analytics and other places. Introducing it to general communications content, advertising, artistry, inventive pursuits, quickly runs the risk of unethical abuses. Manipulating others to ones will can be extremely dangerous. Especially when one feels their personal ends are more important than the means to achieving those ends.

Places like BeerAdvocate not only promote the respect of beer, but also of the people with whom we engage. AI, as a means to producing content, may potentially have beneficial attributes, however, at its core it runs counter to the very human interactions that make this place special.

 

This was written by AI, wasn’t it?

 

I have emerged at last ! ha ha ha, HA HA HA. HA HA HA!

 

Maybe he identifies as AI

 

What is this "he" of whom you speak?

Ok, I get it, that post was a tad over the top.

 

I am more worried about my day job. We have to open our projects to public comment for 30 days as part of the process. I can see someone writing a code to inundate us with comments just to slow down a project (or possibly kill it or change it).