A.I. description errors running rampant on ebay

[dblendeavors]

I'm really getting fed up with all the lazy sellers using A.I. generated item descriptions.

I have purchased several used items that were not what they were described to be because of incompetent A.I. generated descriptions. 

I feel this is leaving sellers open to more negative feedback and lost sales, why don't sellers realize this? 

Here's a simple tip, do your own research on your items & PROOF READ your descriptions before you list them!

[simba6]

Yep,  at best it's a waste of time at worst it's an incorrect description and  a not as described return.

How students think they can turn in that pablum as a term paper I will never know.

[roccotacodad54]

   Yes I saw one that described a warthog tusk (legal and known for surviving in very arrid areas of Africa) with something to the effect of "showcases the majesty of marine life".

  I guess because it had tusk in the title AI wrote something about marine life. 

[inhawaii]

I love AI descriptions.

I wish all my competitors would use them.

[silverstatetreasureboxes]

@dblendeavors 

I absolutely agree, some of those descriptions are dreadful. Especially if you are selling a 1940s etched glassware and AI reads this will bring elegance to your family heirloom linens for years to come and beyond.

I click and run.

[hartungcards]

This is due to an annual increase in system activity experienced during this period, which has caused processing delays.

[pgh_pen]

I NEVER buy an item that has an AI description.

[winterpalace25]

I agree. I pass them over automatically. As a seller, I like seeing my competitors using them because it makes my accurate and meaningful listings look good. 

[whatsitsgalore]

Agree, agree, agree, agree ten times over. I tried the AI-generated description once, just to see what it was like. It was such drivel that I deleted it. "This delightful collectible is the perfect addition to your collection. Collectors will be delighted with this collectible." That's the sort of banal descriptions I get.

Many eBay sellers have gotten lazy ever since the start of all those Item Specifics, which now take the place of actual descriptions. This is just the next step, IMHO.

[dhbookds]

Many sellers have always been lazy........witness how many 3 word or  NO descriptions exist........

[chapeau-noir]

The biggest hallucination in AI is its capabilities. It's like the Infinite Monkey theorum, that given infinite time a monkey can by chance crank out Hamlet - given the seemingly infinite resources it burns, that AI can emulate reason, but it doesn't actually *think*. Though I guess  many people don't think, anyway.

[reallynicestamps]

I was researching 1975 minimum wage recently and the AI at the top of the Google Search told me the BC wage was $10.75 an hour - in the 1970s! and in the next sentence that it was $5 something.
Both were wrong- it was $2.75.

The eBay AI descriptions seem to use pablum and glurge mixed with less of the Item Specifics than it could.

[silverstatetreasureboxes]

@inhawaii 

James, I wonder what kind of AI description it would give you on those Plush "beanie babies" of yours? 😆 🤣 😂 

[adamcartwright]

@dblendeavors 

I avoid any listing with an AI description. 

I suppose if it were something I really wanted, I would message the seller to try and nail down the particulars before considering a purchase. 

I would be interested in a comparison of return rates on hand-written descriptions vs. AI descriptions.

[chapeau-noir]

GLURGE!  👍 ...............